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Russian Federal Security Service (FSS) agents have apprehended five border trespassers while patrolling the Armenian-Turkish border.
The five trespassers attempted to illegally cross into Armenia, the Border Department of the FSS said.
The five individuals have been identified as Afghani citizens. They have been handed over to Armenian law enforcement agencies. The FSS said the trespassers are a “criminal group”.
The incident is under investigation.
Five Armenian basketball teams will participate in men’s and women’s championships in five age groups, to be played across the European continent in July and August.
The draws will be held on Saturday, December 10 in the Czech capital city of Prague and will be followed by another draw for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Pre-Qualifiers.
The Armenian men’s basketball team will for the first time participate in the World Cup qualifying round, to be held on August 2-17.
The Prague-hosted draws will determine the cities that will host the various events in 2017, the Armenian basketball federation said.
Armenia’s national team in July won the 2016 FIBA European Championship For Small Countries, thus winning the opportunity to participate in the qualifying campaign of the European Championship finals.
Five security officials, including two police chiefs and a major, have been killed in an attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin amid ongoing security operations.
A chief of police, identified as Doğan Sakarya, was heavily wounded when PKK opened fire with Kanas-branded sniper rifles during an operation in Nusaybin’s Dicle neighborhood around 11:40 a.m. on April 7. The wounded officer was promptly taken to Nusaybin State Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries despite all medical attempts to save his life.
Two other officials, identified as Chief of Police Zafer Kurt and Mjr. Ahmet Karaman, were also killed after PKK militants detonated an improvised explosive device at 1:45 p.m. as clashes continued in the neighborhood.
Reports indicated two other security officials were killed in the operation and five others were wounded, although their identities have not been released yet.
Initial reports from the region suggested PKK escaped through tunnels they had opened inside the walls of neighboring houses.
Gendarmes and special operations police officers launched a joint operation to apprehend the fleeing militants.
Meanwhile, as anti-terror operations rage across Turkey’s southeastern provinces, Turkish warplanes hit targets belonging to the PKK in northern Iraq on April 6, the Turkish General Staff announced early April 7.