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2 Soldiers Die After Suicide Attack Blamed On PKK

August 03 2015

Turkey

Turkish authorities say a suicide attack by Kurdish rebels has killed two soldiers and injured 31 others, reports the BBC.

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) detonated a tractor with two tons of explosives in an attack early Sunday on a military outpost in the Dogubeyazit district of the eastern Agri province, according to a statement from the provincial governor's office, as reported by the New York Times.

Four of the injured were said to be in serious...

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