BLAST INJURES 13 TURKISH SOLDIERS
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24 June, 2008 08:45:42
Blast injures 13 Turkish soldiers in Gaziantep.
At least thirteen Turkish soldiers have been injured after a blast
ripped through a vehicle in a military garrison in southeast Turkey.
According to deputy governor Mehmet Okur, the explosion occurred in
a vehicle carrying soldiers for a change of guard at a garrison in
Islahiye, in the province of Gaziantep on Monday.
The official further added that four of the injured were in a serious
condition.
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) insurgents often target military
facilities in the country.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the
international community, took up arms for self-rule in Turkey’s east
and southeast in 1984. The conflict has claimed some 37,000 lives
since then.
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