3 PKK militants reportedly behind assassination attempt against district head killed in Turkey's southeast

Three outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants suspected to have been behind an assassination attempt against a district head on July 7 and the killing of a district gendarmerie station commander on July 24, were killed in an air strike in the southeastern province of Siirt on Aug. 11, the Siirt Governor's Office has said in a statement. 

It said gendarmerie and police units carried out the air strike in the Çevrimtepe village in the province's Baykan district.        

The militants were suspected to be behind the assassination attempt against Baykan district head Mehmet Kocabey on July 7 and the killing of Hakkari's Çukurca district gendarmerie station commander Staff Sgt. Yakup Akdağ on July 24.
        
Meanwhile, one soldier was killed in an attack carried out by the PKK in the eastern province of Bingöl on Aug. 10. 

Hüseyin Gençer, 26, was killed in the clash in Bingöl's Yeniyazı village.  

A clash occurred between soldiers who were on inspection and surveillance duty and PKK militants.

Two security personnel and one civilian were wounded when PKK militants opened fire during a security operation. 

Elsewhere, one Turkish soldier was injured in a PKK attack in the southeastern province of Şırnak on Aug. 11.

PKK militants attacked with long barreled weapons and rocket projectors in an area near Şırnak's Mount Namaz. Turkish soldiers retaliated to the attack, with one soldier being injured in the clash and taken to Şırnak State Hospital for treatment.    

A clash erupted between PKK militants and security forces in the Black Sea province of Trabzon's Maçka district on Aug. 11

Meanwhile, at least 12 people were detained in Istanbul on Aug. 11 for suspected links to the...