Attack in southeast Turkey kills 4 soldiers, wounds 4 others
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Turkish officials say four soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in a bomb attack by Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey.
The governor's office for Hakkari province said Wednesday that the improvised explosive device was planted on a road near the town of Yuksekova, close to the border with Iran, and went off as a military vehicle was passing by.
The wounded soldiers were transported to a hospital in Yusekova. There was no immediate information on their conditions.
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Hurriyet newspaper said the military launched an operation, backed by air power, to catch the militants.
The rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, have waged a three-decade long insurgency in southeast Turkey. Violence flared again in 2015 after the collapse of a two-year peace process.