UPDATES WITH THE NUMBER OF SLAIN TERRORISTS; REVISED HEADLINE AND DECK
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet and Necmi Ertus
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish soldier was martyred Sunday in a rocket attack by PKK terrorists in the southeastern Hakkari province, officials said.
A statement by the provincial governor’s office said that PKK terrorists in Iraq launched a rocket attack on Turkish soldiers in Hakkari’s Cukurca district, which lies along the Turkish-Iraqi border.
A soldier critically wounded in the attack was taken to Hakkari State Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds, the statement added.
In a later statement, the office said that 4 PKK terrorists were killed in a drone strike in Kirikdag region of the province.
More than 1,200 people, including security personnel and civilians, have lost their lives since the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and EU — resumed its decades-long armed campaign in July 2015.
