UPDATES TOLL OF MARTYRS, INJURED
By Sener Toktas
BITLIS, Turkey (AA) – At least six people were martyred and five others wounded Thursday in two PKK terrorist attacks in eastern Turkey’s Bitlis province, a security source said.
Among those martyred in Hizan district are five soldiers and a village guard, the source told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
In the first incident, five soldiers were martyred and four soldiers wounded when a bomb hit a military vehicle, the source added.
Separately, a village guard was shot dead and another soldier injured in the Nazar neighborhood.
The injured were taken to a nearby hospital.
An operation, backed by helicopters, targeting PKK terrorists continues in the province, it added.
The PKK — listed as a terrorist organization also by the U.S. and the EU — resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015.
Since then, over 600 security personnel, including troops, police officers and village guards have been martyred and more than 7,000 PKK terrorists killed or neutralized in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.
*Hatice Kesgin contributed to this story from Ankara.
