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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, April 11 (AFP) - 16h45 - Two
Kurdish rebels were killed in fighting with Turkish
security forces in the mainly Kurdish southeast of
the country, security sources said Monday.
The clash erupted late Sunday when soldiers on
patrol in a rural zone of Sirnak province came
across a group of rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK), the sources said.
Several guns and hand grenades were found with the
dead rebels.
The PKK waged a a bloody campaign for self-rule in
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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