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| One soldier killed, two others wounded in clashes in southeast Turkey |
| 2015-12-26 |
| [Hurriyet] One soldier was killed while two others were maimed in festivities with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Sirnak, Turkish Armed Forces has announced. "Three of our brothers in arms were maimed during an operation in Sirnak's Cizre district at 8:34 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2015," the blurb said, adding the wounds of one of the soldiers were critical. While all injured soldiers were transferred to a hospital, one succumbed to his wounds during treatment. The Armed Forces claimed that six PKK Lions of Islam were "neutralized" during the festivities, a euphemism used by the military to indicate they were either killed or captured. A curfew has been in force in Cizre since Dec. 14 as upward of 10,000 soldiers attempt to remove trenches and barricades. The curfews imposed on southeastern towns have forced locals to remain inside their homes, where many have run out of water, electricity and even food. |
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