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ISTANBUL, July 25 (KUNA) -- Three Turkish soldiers were seriously wounded
during clashes with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) armed men in southeast
Turkey, security sources said Saturday.
The clashes occured when PKK gunmen opened fire at Turkish soldiers who
were searching for PKK separatists in Yoksekova town in Hakkara province, the
sources at the Turkish Chief of Staff Command said in press remarks.
The wounded soldiers were transferred to the nearest hospital while the
Turkish army continued its hunt for the PKK gunmen, added the sources.
Ankara is holding PKK responsible for the killing of more than 40,000
people since the outlawed party started its military campaign in 1984 to
establish a country for Kurds in the predominantly Kurdish population in
southeast Turkey. (end)
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