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Kurdish guerrillas have ambushed a military convoy
in south-eastern Turkey, killing one soldier and
injuring another three.
Rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on
Wednesday first threw a grenade and then opened fire
with rifles on the convoy which was returning from
duty in a rural area of Bingol province, the
military said.
One soldier died at the scene and three others were
taken to Bingol hospital for treatment.
Troops backed by helicopters launched an operation
in search of the guerrillas, who fled under cover of
darkness into the surrounding mountainous region.
The PKK launched a violent separatist campaign for
an ethnic homeland in south-east Turkey in 1984.
More than 30,000 people have died in the conflict,
which subsided after the 1999 capture of rebel
leader Abdullah Ocalan.
There has been an upsurge in violence since the PKK
declared an end to its unilateral, six-year
ceasefire in June.
Reuters .
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