MARDIN, Turkey (AA) – The terrorist PKK organization carried out a bomb attack in southeastern Turkey targeting security forces, martyring one soldier, and injuring six others, according to military sources.
According to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity with Anadolu Agency due to restrictions on talking to the media, the terrorists targeted a gendarmerie command in the Derik district of the Mardin province early Wednesday.
The sources said PKK terrorists detonated an explosive-laden vehicle.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
Turkey’s southeast has been the scene of significant military operations since late 2015, as the police and army seek to clear PKK terrorists from urban areas.
PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU — resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July.
Since then, more than 400 members of the security forces have been martyred and more than 3,700 PKK terrorists killed.
