BLAST INJURES 13 TURKISH SOLDIERS

press tv
24 June, 2008 08:45:42

Blast injures 13 Turkish soldiers in Gaziantep.

At least thirteen Turkish soldiers have been injured after a blast
ripped through a vehicle in a military garrison in southeast Turkey.

According to deputy governor Mehmet Okur, the explosion occurred in
a vehicle carrying soldiers for a change of guard at a garrison in
Islahiye, in the province of Gaziantep on Monday.

The official further added that four of the injured were in a serious
condition.

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) insurgents often target military
facilities in the country.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the
international community, took up arms for self-rule in Turkey’s east
and southeast in 1984. The conflict has claimed some 37,000 lives
since then.