Turkey: PKK terrorist attack kills 1, injures 4 in Şırnak province
by Daily Sabah with AA
ISTANBULAug 22, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah with AA
Aug 22, 2015 12:00 am
A Turkish soldier was killed and four others were injured in an attack on a security post by PKK terrorists in Turkey's southeastern Şırnak province on Friday night, security sources said on Saturday.
The post was located in Şırnak's Beytüşşebap district close to the Turkish-Iraqi border. The assailants had used rocket launchers and long-barreled weapons in the attack, the sources added.
Captain Ali Alkan had succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. The four soldiers injured in the attack were still under treatment.
An operation to nab the suspects was currently underway in the area.
The PKK's renewed campaign against the Turkish state has seen more than 40 security force personnel martyred since a mass-casualty bombing linked to ISIS on July 20 in Suruç.
The Turkish government has intensified its counterterror operations following the recent attacks carried out by the PKK, which is recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S., the EU and Turkey.
Formed in 1978, the terrorist group has been fighting the Turkish government for an independent state until the early 2000's. The group then shifted its goal to autonomy in predominately Kurdish inhabited regions of Turkey.
The PKK announced on July 11 that the cease-fire which was declared via a message from the PKK's imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan in 2013 has ended.
Turkish security forces have arrested hundreds of people with suspected links to ISIS, the PKK, and leftist groups, detaining over 1,300 people across the country, according to a recent statement released by the Prime Minister's Office.
The Turkish Air Force has been carrying airstrikes against the PKK in northern Iraq and the ISIS militants in northern Syria.
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