A militant attack on an army post in southeast Turkey has left one Turkish soldier dead and four others injured, the Turkish military says.
The militant rocket and sniper attack took place late Friday in the Beytussebap district of Turkey’s Sirnak Province, an army statement said.
The Turkish army said the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was behind the attack.
Continued clashes
Clashes have been going on on a daily basis between the PKK and Turkish armed forces since July, when the military started its raids against PKK positions in southeast Turkey as well as in northern Iraq.
Turkey says its warplanes have conducted new air strikes against PKK targets, killing 29 militants on Thursday and Friday. Separately, at least 12 militants were killed as the military clashed with PKK members near the town of Uludere, close to Turkey’s border with Iraq on Friday, the military said.
Meanwhile, Turkish media reported that suspected PKK members threw two bombs outside the regional headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the city of Diyarbakir, damaging a police water cannon truck parked outside and injuring a policeman who was inside the building.
Officials, driver go missing
Also, ten Turkish customs officials and a driver were reported missing in the eastern Van region of Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported, adding that the missing people were possibly abducted by the PKK.
The PKK is concentrated in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of the country.
The PKK has been fighting the Turkish government for separation since 1984.