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Six Police Officers Injured in PKK Attack in Southeastern Turkey

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A bomb attack in Turkey's southeastern Mardin province allegedly carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants wounded six police officers, local... 23.04.2016, Sputnik International

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Six Police Officers Injured in PKK Attack in Southeastern Turkey

12:00 GMT 23.04.2016 (Updated: 12:04 GMT 23.04.2016)

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A bomb attack in Turkey's southeastern Mardin province allegedly carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants wounded six police officers, local media reported on Saturday.

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PKK Fighters Kill Four Turkish Army Personnel in Southeast Provinces

12 April 2016, 22:52 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to the Anadolu news agency, the bomb was detonated on the Mardin-Diyarbakir highway under an armored police vehicle.

Since last summer, clashes between the Turkish government and the PKK, the Kurdish pro-independence organization considered to be terrorist by Ankara, have claimed the lives of over 350 soldiers and police officers and over 5,000 Kurdish insurgents, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.