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| Security forces ‘neutralize’ 99 PKK militants in one week |
| 2017-04-02 |
| Security forces have “neutralized” a total of 99 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during the security operations carried out last week, according to a statement released from Turkish General Staff on April 1. The statement said that one soldier was killed and nine others were injured in the operations carried out in the southeastern provinces of Şırnak, Hakkari, Diyarbakır and Mardin and the eastern provinces of Bitlis and Ağrı between March 24 and 30. According to the General Staff, some 52 infantry rifles, 109 hand grenades, one mortar, one anti-aircraft machine rifle, five rocket launchers, nearly 4,300 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 13,5 kilograms of A4 explosives and cables, detonators and explosives used in making hand-made explosives were seized in the operations. In addition, the security forces destroyed a total of 24 home-made explosives. Some 56 shelters and depots belonging to the PKK were destroyed and 839 kilograms of marijuana, 4,550 liters of fuel oil and 50,560 smuggled cigarettes were confiscated in the operations. Moreover, the General Staff said that a total of 4,201 people attempting to cross the borders illegally were apprehended. |
| Posted by:Steve White |