Seven Turkish soldiers killed, three wounded in Kurdish militant attack: sources

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Seven Turkish soldiers killed, three wounded in Kurdish militant attack: sources

ANKARA (Reuters) - Seven Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were wounded after a roadside bomb in the southeastern province of Batman was detonated by Kurdish militants, security sources said on Thursday.

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants detonated the improvised explosive during the passage of a military convoy in the Gercus region of the province, the local governor’s office said. An operation was launched to capture the perpetrators, it said.

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