7 Turkish soldiers killed in blast blamed on Kurdish rebels
ANKARA, Turkey — Kurdish rebels detonated an explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing at least seven soldiers on Thursday, officials said. Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack.
The explosion occurred on a road near the town of Gercus in the majority-Kurdish province of Batman. The soldiers, who were inside an armoured military vehicle, were on their way to protect a construction site in the region, said Numan Kurtulmus, a deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling party.
Earlier, the state-run Anadolu agency said they were travelling to carry out operations against the rebel group.
Four of the soldiers were killed at the site while three others died of their wounds while hospitalized.