Turkey: 4 members of security forces killed by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants
Four members of the security forces were killed and more than a dozen wounded in clashes with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over the weekend.
Three members of the security forces lost their lives when terrorists detonated hand-made explosives during heavy fighting in the central Sur district of Diyarbakır province on Sunday. One of those killed in the fighting in Sur, which has been under curfew since Dec. 2 due to military operations, was a police officer while two others were specialized sergeants in the Turkish army.
Around 10 members of the security forces were also wounded by the explosion and shooting by snipers, according to reports on the media. The clashes began early in the day in some parts of the district and the fighting intensified in the early afternoon around the Kurşunlu Mosque, where the explosive was detonated. Clashes continued throughout the day.
On Saturday night, a police officer was killed and two others were injured in a shootout during a raid on a house where a number of PKK members were hiding in the eastern province of Van.