When you remotely controlled bomb killed ten charge of Turkish special forces soldiers who took part in operations against Kurdish fighters in the south-east of the country, reports Reuters.
Security forces were opposed to the guerrilla Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the area of Diyarbakir. The operation took place with the support of aviation. The Agency notes that the number of victims of the explosion was the biggest attack against Turkish troops in recent months.
The army and police of Turkey for many years engaged in active struggle against Kurdish separatists. Regularly reported on the operations against the guerrillas, in different cities, raids were carried out to identify and arrest suspected of collaborating with terrorists. The number of detainees amounts to tens. The Turkish air force attacked the camps of Kurds in neighboring Iraq.
Workers' Party of Kurdistan, which the U.S. and the EU on the list of terrorist organizations, was established in 1978. Paramilitary structures, among which there are thousands of armed guerrillas fought for an independent Kurdish state, and later advocated the establishment of a confederation of Kurdish autonomous entities.
During more than 25-year struggle with an extensive and well organized by the PKK in Turkey killed about 40 thousand people.
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