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29 September 2011 [16:14] - Today.Az
Three teachers in the southeastern Diyarbakır province were kidnapped by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Anatolia News Agency reported Thursday, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The teachers were working at the Birlik village elementary school in Lice district of Diyarbakır.
There was no information about the whereabouts of the the teachers as of Tuesday night, which prompted the authorities to investigate their disappearance.
"It was understood that the teachers were kidnapped by members of the PKK terrorist organization," a statement from the Diyarbakır Governor's Office said Thursday.
Three more teachers were kidnapped Tuesday night by the PKK from two separate villages in the Lice district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
Four teachers were also kidnapped in the eastern province of Elazığ on Tuesday; two other teachers were abducted in Diyarbakır earlier in the week. Twelve teachers in total have been kidnapped this week.
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