Civilian killed, 3 soldiers hurt in PKK attack

SANLIURFA, Turkey

A Turkish village headman was killed and three soldiers were slightly injured in a roadside bomb attack in southeastern Sanliurfa province Monday, a security source said.

According to the source, PKK terrorists carried out the attack in the province’s Siverek district.

The injured soldiers were taken to the Siverek State Hospital.

Sarioren neighborhood Muhktar Ibrahim Inco was identified as the civilian killed in the attack.

An investigation into the incident is now underway.

More than 300 security forces’ personnel have been martyred since the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, resumed its 30-year armed campaign in July. Thousands of PKK terrorists have also been killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq.