PKK attacks police HQ with rocket launchers in southeastern province of Hakkari

PKK terrorists have attacked a police headquarters on Tuesday with rocket launchers in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari, reported İhlas news agency.

Two terrorists on a motorbike were reported to have undertaken the attack around 12.45 in Hakkari's Yüksekova district. The incident turned quickly into a clash as the police retaliated the terrorists' fire. No one has been reported injured during the attack.

The citizens around the area are panicked, with tradesmen closing down their stores.

The police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Turkey has been hit by violence since a suicide bomb attack by a suspected ISIS supporter killed 32 activists in Suruç on July 20.

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.

According to military sources, 261 terrorists were killed in Turkey's airstrikes against PKK's hideouts and camps in northern Iraq.