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PKK terrorists attack military convoy- UPDATE

09 August 2012 [12:46] - TODAY.AZ

The number of injured in an attack by militants of terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party on Turkish servicemen in the province of Izmir reached 30, the Sabah newspaper reported on Thursday.

Earlier one soldier was reported to be killed and four injured.

The conflict between Turkey and the PKK which demands the creation of an independent Kurdish state has been on-going for more than 25 years claiming over 40,000 lives. The PKK group is recognised as a terrorist organisation by the UN and the European Union.


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Militants of terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party have attacked today a military convoy in Izmir, the Sabah newspaper reported on Thursday.

During the passage of military convoy a bomb exploded, then the convoy was fired at.

As a result of the attack one soldier was killed, another four were injured. The injured have been taken to the nearest hospitals.


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