Four soldiers were killed and 16 others were injured in attacks by PKK terrorists in five different provinces on Friday.

Three soldiers died when an improvised explosive device was detonated by PKK terrorists as soldiers were passing in a vehicle on the highway between the southeastern provinces of Mardin and Diyarbakır. Three soldiers were also injured in an attack in Mazıdağı district.

Meanwhile, one soldier was killed and four others injured in a similar explosive attack by PKK terrorists in Şemdinli district of southeastern Hakkari province.

In a separate attack, eight soldiers were injured in the Başkale district of eastern Van province when a handmade explosive device was detonated. Two soldiers remain in a critical condition.

A group of soldiers came across PKK terrorists in rural areas in Adıyaman province, and a sergeant was wounded in subsequent armed clashes.

Terrorists also opened harassment fire on a gendarmerie station in the Kulp district of Diyarbakır province and escaped after a brief exchange of fire.

In southwestern Antalya district, terrorists fired two rockets at fuel tankers on the Kemer-Antalya highway. One rocket fell to the ground, while the other landed on the storage house of a nearby fishing company. Sources claimed that the motive for the attack could be police officers buying fish from the company.

Although the region does not fall within areas where PKK terrorists are active, two soldiers were injured when an explosive device was detonated on Aug. 24 during the passage of a gendarmerie minibus. Security forces consider that the perpetrators of both attacks are the same.