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Six Turkish soldiers hurt in landmine
blast
4.6.2005
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 3 (Reuters) - Six
Turkish soldiers were wounded in a landmine blast on
Friday, prompting a military crackdown against
Kurdish rebels active in the region, a security
official said.
The soldiers were wounded when their vehicle hit a
mine buried in the road in southeastern Elazig
province, he said.
The military accused fighters from the separatist
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of planting the
device. The official did not give details of the
military operation against the rebels.
More than 30,000 people, mainly Kurds, had been
killed since 1984 when the PKK launched its armed
campaign for an ethnic homeland in southeastern
Turkey.
Fighting has increased since last year, when the
rebels called off a unilateral five-year ceasefire
they declared after the capture of their leader,
Abdullah Ocalan, in 1999.
Friday's incident came a week after two Turkish
soldiers and a driver were killed by a mine in
Diyarbakir province.
Reuters
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