Two soldiers martyred in PKK attack in southeast Turkey

11/13/2015 12:19:28 PM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Two soldiers were martyred when a makeshift explosive planted by PKK terrorists on a highway went off in the southeastern town of Lice according to local police on Friday.

The explosive was detonated on the Lice-Kulp highway in Diyarbakir province killing two non-commissioned gendarmerieofficers who were patrolling the area the police said.

An operation has been launched to catch the terrorists they added.

Since July official figures suggest more than 180 members of the security forces have been martyred and over 1700PKKterrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq including airstrikes.

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