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8 Turkish soldiers killed in clash with PKK, helicopter crash

Date:
13.05.2016

Eight Turkish military personnel have died in clashes with Kurdish rebels and in a subsequent helicopter crash near the country’s border with Iraq, Turkey’s military said Friday. At least six rebels were also killed in the fighting.

Clashes broke out with rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, near the town of Cukurca, in Hakkari province, early on Friday, killing six soldiers, a military statement said. Eight other soldiers were wounded.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-clash-with-pkk-helicopter-crash/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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