[Rudaw] A roadside kaboom went kaboom! on a group of Ottoman Turkish soldiers in the country’s Kurdish province of Siirt on Tuesday, killing a soldier and injuring another, state media reported, blaming the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for the earth-shattering kaboom.
The incident took place in Pervari district while the soldiers were patrolling the area, Anadolu Agency reported, claiming that the bomb was planted by the PKK. Two Ottoman Turkish soldiers were maimed, with one of them succumbing to his injuries.
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’s defense ministry also confirmed the death of one soldier in Tuesday’s incident.
Turkey regularly carries out military operations against the PKK in the southeastern part of the country and in the Kurdistan Region.
The PKK is an gang fighting for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey. It is designated as a terrorist organization by Ankara.
The Ottoman Turkish army has carried out seven stages of a series of military operations, code-named Eren, against the PKK in Kurdish areas.
The operation is named after 15-year-old Eren Bulbul who was killed during a clash between Ottoman Turkish forces and the PKK in Trabzon province on August 11, 2017. According to Ottoman Turkish media, Bulbul had spotted some PKK fighters in his hometown Macka, and subsequently informed the police. When he accompanied the police to the area, he was killed. The PKK confirmed their involvement in the clash, but did not mention Bulbul. |