HAKKARI — Three soldiers were killed and eight others injured when an armored military vehicle plunged into a cliff in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari's Şemdinli district late Monday. All three casualties were specialist sergeants.
The cause of the accident is not known. Injured soldiers were airlifted to hospitals in the area. Soldiers were patrolling the area near the Iraqi border at the time of the accident.
In a related development, five soldiers were injured when another military vehicle on patrol overturned in the southeastern province of Gaziantep late Monday.
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