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Seven PKK militants killed in airstrike in Turkey's southeast

Seven outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in a Turkish airstrike carried out in the Çukurca district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, Anadolu Agency reported on May 13.

According to a statement released from Turkish General Staff, the militants were killed while trying to infiltrate into the Güven Mountain military base region from northern Iraq.