One civilian, one police officer killed in attacks in eastern Turkey

One civilian and one police officer were killed and three were wounded in separate attacks in Turkey's eastern provinces on Sept. 4, official security sources have said. 

In the first incident, at least two militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were also killed in Turkey's eastern Tunceli province after an exchange of fire with security forces on Sept. 4, local security sources said.     

A group of PKK militants opened fire on the ?ehit Nahit Bulut Police Department on Cumhuriyet Avenue. 

Police responded with gunfire and in the resulting exchange two militants were killed at the entrance of the police station. Security teams have been dispatched to the area to contain the ongoing clash, sources added. 

Separately, a specialist sergeant was critically wounded in a roadside bomb attack on a security patrol in eastern Van province at noon on Sept. 4, security sources said.

The patrolling Turkish soldiers were from the Ye?ilbulak Military Guard Post of the 4th Border Battalion, the sources added.

The wounded soldier was transferred in a military helicopter to the Dursun Odaba?? Medical Center in the Van Yüzüncü Y?l University Faculty of Medicine. Security forces launched an operation in the area to detain the attackers. 

On Sept. 4, one civilian was killed and two others, including a child, were wounded when PKK militants opened fire on a pickup truck in southeastern ??rnak province, security sources added. 

The 27-year-old driver of the vehicle succumbed to his wounds while being transferred to ??rnak State Hospital. A six-year-old child and a specialist sergeant were wounded in the attack, the sources added.

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