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Landmines kill one Turkish soldier, wound
another
22.5.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, May 22, 2006 (AFP) , -- A Turkish
soldier was killed and another wounded Monday in
separate landmine explosions blamed on Kurdish
rebels in the east and southeast of the country,
local security sources said.
A mine believed to have been planted by rebels from
the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) exploded
as a military vehicle was passing near Lice, in the
southeastern province of Diyarbakir, killing one
soldier, the sources said.
A similar explosion near Baskale, in Van province,
wounded a soldier, they said.
Landmine attacks have become a hallmark of the PKK
since the group called off a five-year unilateral
ceasefire in June 2004 and began to enter Turkey
from their bases in northern Iraq.
Turkey has been massing troops along the Iraqi
border in recent weeks to crack down on militants
who cross over into Turkey with increasing frequency
in the spring.
More than 37,000 people have been killed since 1984
when the PKK -- considered a terrorist organization
by Turkey, the United States and the European Union
-- took up arms for self-rule in the mainly
Kurdish-populated southeast of Turkey.
AFP
southeastern Turkey: North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey)
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