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Suspected bomb kills one in southeast Turkey:
report
7.7.2006
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ANKARA, July 7,
2006 (AFP) , -- A suspected bomb ripped through a
vehicle catering for the army in mainly Kurdish
southeast Turkey on Thursday, killing the driver,
Anatolia news agency reported.
The blast occurred as the vehicle, which was taking
bread to a gendarmerie station near the town of
Dicle in Diyarbakir province, approached its
destination.
An investigation was under way into the incident,
but officials told Anatolia initial assessment
suggested that explosives were planted in the
vehicle and detonated by remote control.
Turkey's southeast has been the scene of a bloody
conflict between the army and the separatist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) that has claimed some
37,000 lives since 1984 when the rebels took up arms
for Kurdish self-rule in the region.
Violence has been mounting since 2004 when the PKK
called off a five-year unilateral ceasefire.
At least 79 PKK militants and 36 members of the
security forces have been killed in clashes in the
region this year, according to an AFP count.
Another nine people have been killed and more than
130 others injured in 11 blasts in urban centers
claimed by Kurdish militants.
AFP
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