20 soldiers wounded in PKK bomb attack in Turkey’s east
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- 28 September, 2015
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Baku. 28 September. REPORT.AZ/ A total of 20 soldiers were wounded on Sept. 28 in a bomb attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Bitlis, Report informs referring to Turkish media.
According to the information, PKK militants remotely detonated a bomb placed in the backyard of an officer’s club in the Tatvan district at around 7:45 a.m. as a military vehicle was passing. According to initial reports, 20 soldiers were wounded, although their condition is not said to be life-threatening.
Security forces have launched an operation in the region to apprehend the PKK militants responsible for the attack.
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