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Turkish soldiers killed amid faltering PKK cease-fire
http://www.dw.com/en/turkish-soldiers-killed-amid-faltering-pkk-cease-fire/a-18607945A car bomb attack has killed two soldiers in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. The incident comes as Kurdish rebels say Turkish airstrikes on their positions could mean the end of a truce announced in 2013.
Turkish soldiers killed amid faltering PKK cease-fire
26.07.2015
The two soldiers were killed by the car bomb while traveling on a road in the town of Lice in Diyarbakir province late on Saturday, a statement from the provincial governor's office said.
The statement said that four soldiers were also wounded in the attack, which it blamed on "terrorists" - the usual name given by Turkish authorities to militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers party (PKK), which has waged a deadly decades-long insurgency for self-rule in the southeast of Turkey. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bombing comes a day after Turkey launched airstrikes on PKK positions in northern Iraq as part of a two-pronged "anti-terror" offensive that is also targeting "Islamic State" ("IS"
jihadists in Syria.
The strikes on Kurdish rebel camps are the first since Ankara launched a peace process with the PKK in 2012.
