PKK militant preparing for bomb attack killed in clash with police in Turkey's Malatya

An outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant was killed in an armed clash with police in the eastern province of Malatya early on June 2, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A local in the central Yeşilyurt district informed police of a militant who was loading bombs that he had previously buried in a cemetery on a vehicle.

An armed clash erupted after the militant, identified as Hüseyin Gümüş, refused to obey surrender calls and was subsequently killed.

Speaking at a press conference, Malatya Governor Mustafa Toprak said Gümüş arrived at the province on May 31 and he was scouting public institutions to stage the attack.

He also stated that a fake identity card, a Kalashnikov rifle and its four clips, around 500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate inside eight barrels, around 1.5 kilograms of plastic explosives, eight bomb-set ups along with various ammunitions were seized.

According to Toprak, Gümüş joined the PKK in March 2016 from the western province of İzmir and he had likely been plotting a car bomb or suicide attack.

In addition, a Malatya court on June 2 ordered the arrest of five people on charges of engaging in PKK propaganda and aiding and abetting the organization.

Two others were released on probation.

Earlier in the day, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) stated that a total of 92 PKK militants were "neutralized" during security forces' operations conducted over the past week in the country's eastern and southeastern regions.

Authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the militants in question were either killed, wounded or captured. 

The military stated that the operations were conducted in Şırnak's Beytüşşebap district, Bester-Dereler and Mount...