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| The Grand Turk |
| Five security forces, two civilians wounded in three PKK attacks in Turkey's southeast |
| 2015-09-25 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Two soldiers, three coppers and two civilians, including a 15-year-old teenager, have been maimed in three separate attacks staged by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's southeastern Siirt, Bingöl and Diyarbakir provinces. Two soldiers were maimed at a potable water pumping station along Kezer Creek 10 kilometers away from Siirt's center when PKK snuffies attacked a group of soldiers. The soldiers were standing guard to protect the water supply of the city when they were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and long-barreled weapons in the afternoon of Sept. 23. The group of soldiers responded to the attack. The maimed soldiers were immediately hospitalized and were reportedly in good condition. Later in the day, PKK snuffies fired rocket-propelled grenades at an armored police vehicle on its way to intervene with PKK members who had blocked a main road linking Bingöl to neighboring Elazig. The Bingöl-Elazig road was blocked by PKK snuffies at around 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 23, and the police were notified. The coppers inside the armored vehicle were on their way to intervene in the situation when they were attacked. Three coppers and one civilian, a driver passing by as the incident occurred, were maimed in the attack. The maimed were taken to Bingöl State Hospital. Two of the coppers received ambulatory treatment, while the other police officer and the civilian were given inpatient treatment. In Diyarbakir's Baglar district, a 15-year-old teenager, identified as E.A., was maimed when PKK snuffies staged an attack with a handmade grenade. The teenager was on the street to do some shopping when the grenade detonated and injured his feet. Police launched an operation to find the perpetrators. Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo drew a bead on his old enemy and squeezed the trigger... Turkish jets struck PKK basis in the southeastern province of Hakkari late Sept. 23, hitting shelters and armed posts, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Sept. 24. |
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