One soldier killed, eight wounded in PKK attack in Turkey's southeast

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One soldier was killed and eight were wounded on Dec. 2 in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the southeastern province of Mardin.

PKK militants remotely detonated a bomb placed on the Mardin-Midyat motorway during the passing of a military convoy. One soldier was killed and five soldiers in the military vehicle were wounded while three civilians also passing in their own vehicles were also wounded as a result of the attack.

The wounded were taken to Mardin State Hospital for treatment.

Security forces blocked the motorway to traffic as a wide-scale operation was launched to apprehend the PKK militants responsible for the attack.

A search for another possible explosive is also ongoing.

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