Three Turkish soldiers injured in PKK attack in southeastern Turkey

Three Turkish soldiers were lightly injured in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Sept. 10.

PKK militants attacked military base areas in Hakkari's Şemdili province with mortars from the Iraqi border, according to the Hakkari Governorate Office.  

Their escape route was covered with fire following the attack, the statement said. 

Meanwhile, four PKK militants were "neutralized" in air operation in the Zap region of northern Iraq. The authorities use the word "neutralized" to refer to militants who have been either killed, wounded or captured.

Four militants who were reportedly preparing to attack military base areas were neutralized in the air operation.    

Moreover, numbers of ammunition and weapons, considered to belong to PKK militants were seized in an operation in the southeastern province of Mardin.

A total of 11 long-barreled weapons, 15 grenades, 38 chargers, eight assault vests and 100,000 cartridges were seized in Mardin's Nusaybin district.

Turkish security forces "neutralized" 57 PKK militants nationwide last week, the Interior Ministry said on Sept. 11. 

According to a ministry statement, security forces carried out 1,285 counter-terrorism operations from Sept. 4-10.  Out of 57 militants, 39 were killed, three were caught alive and 15 surrendered to security forces, the statement added. 

During the operations, there were 601 detentions, including 117 suspects for aiding and abetting the PKK terrorist organization, 27 linked to the Islamic State Iraq and the Levant (DAESH), 451 linked to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) and six linked to leftist groups. 

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