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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey,
April 8 (AFP) - 14h13 - A Kurdish rebel was killed
and another seriously wounded when a mine they were
laying on a road in southeastern Turkey exploded,
local security sources said Friday.
The incident occurred late Thursday on a road
frequently used by soldiers near the town of Lice,
in Diyarbakir province, the sources said.
They said the rebels were members of the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which waged a a
bloody campaign for self-rule in mainly Kurdish
southeastern Turkey between 1984 and 1999 before
declaring a unilateral ceasefire.
The group, which changed its name twice in three
years and recently reverted to its original name,
called off the truce last June, raising tensions in
the region.
AFP
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