Airstrikes kill five PKK fighters

ISTANBUL, Oct 9 (KUNA) -- Airstrike in eastern Turkey and northern Iraq killed five fighters affiliated to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Turkish General Staff announced on Monday.
The Turkish General Staff added in a statement on its official website that its airplanes raided locations of terrorists in Yuksekova located in Hakkari, southeastern the country and in Zab northen Iraq.
The militants were planning to target border posts of the Turkish army, it added. (end) ta.lb