The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has been carrying out an operation against the outlawed PKK in the region for a week.
One sergeant, one private, three village guards and one special security guard were killed and 10 others were wounded in the clashes that took place in the southeastern provinces of Şırnak, Hakkari, Siirt and Hatay. Two terrorists were found dead.
During a search near Mount Çırav in Şırnak, a group composed of Turkish soldiers and a village guard came across a group of terrorists. The terrorists opened fire on the soldiers and the village guard, killing an infantry sergeant and a village guard and injuring three soldiers. The injured soldiers were taken to Şırnak Military Hospital by helicopter. One private soldier died at the hospital.
During a military operation in Hakkari’s Çukurca district, terrorists opened fire on a number of soldiers and injured three of them.
In another attack by a group of terrorists, two village guards who were on duty were killed and four others were injured others in Siirt’s Pervari district.
The terrorist organization carried out an armed attack on a coal mine in Hatay. A clash broke out with the mine’s security guards in which one was killed and another seriously injured. Two terrorists were found dead following the clash.
