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KURDISH REBELS ATTACK TURKEY NAVAL BASE
Yerkir
31.05.2010 14:52
Yerevan
Kurdish militants fired rockets at a Turkish naval base Monday killing
six troops in the latest assault on a military target since a jailed
Kurdish militant leader signaled an end to peace efforts.
Seven soldiers were wounded in the attack on a military vehicle
carrying troops to guard duty in the southern city of Iskenderun,
Hatay province, provincial governor Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz was
quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency.
The attack was carried out by members of the "separatist terrorist
organisation", Lekesiz said, using the official jargon for the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers\' Party (PKK) leading a 25-year insurgency.
Media reports said three of the wounded soldiers were in critical
condition in a military hospital in Ankara.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility by the PKK, whose
leader Abdullah Ocalan decided to abandon efforts to seek dialogue
with the Turkish government.
From: A. Papazian
Yerkir
31.05.2010 14:52
Yerevan
Kurdish militants fired rockets at a Turkish naval base Monday killing
six troops in the latest assault on a military target since a jailed
Kurdish militant leader signaled an end to peace efforts.
Seven soldiers were wounded in the attack on a military vehicle
carrying troops to guard duty in the southern city of Iskenderun,
Hatay province, provincial governor Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz was
quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency.
The attack was carried out by members of the "separatist terrorist
organisation", Lekesiz said, using the official jargon for the outlawed
Kurdistan Workers\' Party (PKK) leading a 25-year insurgency.
Media reports said three of the wounded soldiers were in critical
condition in a military hospital in Ankara.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility by the PKK, whose
leader Abdullah Ocalan decided to abandon efforts to seek dialogue
with the Turkish government.
From: A. Papazian