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Two Kurdish guerrillas killed in eastern Turkey
14.6.2006
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TUNCELI,
Kurdistan-Turkey, June 14 , -- Turkish troops killed
two Kurdish guerrillas during an operation in
Tunceli province in eastern Turkey
(Kurdistan-Turkey) , army sources said on Wednesday.
"After an armed clash between a large group of
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and soldiers
on Tuesday evening, two slain militants were taken,"
said an army official.
The latest offensive was launched after the killing
of two Turkish army officers in a PKK ambush last
weekend.
"The operation is continuing and a fresh clash could
be imminent," said the official.
The last two years have seen an upsurge in PKK
violence which had subsided after the 1999 capture
of the group's leader, Abdullah Ocalan. He is now
serving a life sentence in an island prison south of
Istanbul.
Ankara blames the PKK for the deaths of more than
30,000 people since the group launched its armed
campaign for a separate Kurdish homeland in
southeastern Turkey in 1984.
Reuters
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