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Militants kill three policemen in southeast Turkey

ISTANBUL, July 27 (KUNA) -- Unidentified militants opened fire at a car carrying Turkish policemen, killing three of them and injuring another seriously in southeast Turkey.
Today's Zaman newspaper quoted security sources as saying that the militants attacked the policemen in Dortyol district, in the south eastern province of Hatay.
Authorities accuse members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) of the attack, the paper reported.
The outlawed PKK increased its attacks against Turkish forces in the past few weeks. (end) ta.ris KUNA 271011 Jul 10NNNN