ANKARA - Separatist Kurdish rebels kidnapped seven people, two of them pro-government ‘village guard’ militiamen, in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border, media reports said Monday.The incident occurred late Sunday near the village of Ogulveren in Van province, about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the Iranian border, where Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels set up a roadblock, CNN-Turk reported. Security forces launched a large-scale sweep of the region after the kidnapping, it said.
The Europe-based pro-PKK Firat news agency also reported the kidnapping, but gave no details. Officials were not immediately available for comment.