Three killed in separate PKK attacks

Three police officers were killed while eight security officials were wounded in three separate attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on April 16 and 17 amid ongoing security operations in a number of Turkey's southeastern provinces. 

PKK militants launched a rocket attack against an armored police vehicle passing through Vatan Street in central ??rnak and injured three police officers.

All three were transferred to the nearby ??rnak State Hospital, where police officer Hüseyin Danac?, 28, succumbed to his wounds. The other officers are reportedly in good condition. 

A funeral ceremony was held for Danac? at the 23rd Gendarmerie Border Division Command on April 17. His body was later sent to his hometown of Kayseri in Central Anatolia. 

Anti-terror operations have been ongoing in ??rnak since March 14 and an additional operation has been launched to apprehend the April 16 attackers.

Two soldiers were wounded when the armed forces launched a security operation upon receiving intelligence that PKK militants arrived in the Karakurt area of northeastern Kars province's Sar?kam?? district early on April 17.
 
In a separate attack, special operations police Sinan Kundurac? was killed in Hakkari's Yüksekova district at 3 p.m. on April 17, while a soldier was wounded. 

According to reports, two other soldiers were wounded as clashes erupted in northeastern Kars province. 

Later in the day, one police officer was killed while three others were wounded as militants detonated an improvised explosive device during the passage of policemen in Nusaybin's Abdulkadir Pa?a neighborhood in southeastern Mardin province. The wounded policemen are being treated at Nusaybin State Hospital, according to...