Three soldiers killed in southeast amid violence outbreak

Three Turkish soldiers have been killed in attacks by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of ??rnak, with the Turkish Air Forces (THK) launching airstrikes in the region, amid an outbreak of violent attacks on security forces in the country.

PKK militants fired shots with long-barreled weapons at security forces on patrol around 8:00 a.m. on Aug. 4, killing two soldiers and injuring a village guard after detonating an explosive placed on the road linking ??rnak and its village of Balveren, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said in a written statement.

Gendarmerie specialist Sgt. Mehmet Acar and gendarmerie Pvt. Abdulkadir Pekta? were killed in the attack, while two security forces, gendarmerie Pvt. Kadir Akp?nar and village guard Hasan Akyol are injured. Fighter jets took off from airbase in Malatya and conducted airstrikes in mountainous area of Da?l?ca district of Hakkari soon after the attack on soldiers. 

Meanwhile, one soldier was killed and one soldier was injured in a separate incident that took place in the Silopi district of ??rnak at around 4:30 p.m., according to media reports.

PKK militants attacked a watch post with a rocket-propelled grenade in Silopi. 

Turkey has been immersed in violence against security forces, with scores of deaths and injuries across the country.

A police officer was injured in explosion of a bomb planted by PKK militants, aside a road in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin late Aug. 3.

The militants detonated the remote-controlled bomb while the police officer drove by in a guarded vehicle. 

The officer was taken to the Nusaybin Public Hospital and reported to be in good condition.