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10 TURKISH SOLDIERS KILLED, 70 INJURED IN PKK ATTACK
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 18, 2012 - 21:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Ten soldiers were killed and 70 were injured Tuesday,
Sept 18, after a Turkish military convoy transporting unarmed soldiers
returning from leave was hit by a rocket before coming under fire in
an ambush conducted by suspected militants from the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Development Minister Cevdet Yılmaz said 56 of the injured were
taken to hospitals in Bingöl, while 8 were hospitalized in MuÅ~_,
four in Elazıg and two in Erzurum.
Some 200 soldiers who had returned from sick or home leave were
being transported to their respective military units with a convoy
of 5 buses, with 10 armored vehicles escorting the transports. The
traveling soldiers were unarmed and in civilian clothing, Bingöl Gov.
Mustafa Hakan Guvencer said.
The convoy was traveling on the road between Bingöl and MuÅ~_ when
a bus in the convoy was hit by a rocket at around 12:45 pm. Militants
hiding on the side of the road opened fire on the vehicles with assault
rifles, prompting a firefight with soldiers guarding the convoy.
The bus which was hit by the rocket caught on fire; soldiers trapped
inside the vehicle escaped through the smashed windows as clashes
erupted.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 18, 2012 - 21:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Ten soldiers were killed and 70 were injured Tuesday,
Sept 18, after a Turkish military convoy transporting unarmed soldiers
returning from leave was hit by a rocket before coming under fire in
an ambush conducted by suspected militants from the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Development Minister Cevdet Yılmaz said 56 of the injured were
taken to hospitals in Bingöl, while 8 were hospitalized in MuÅ~_,
four in Elazıg and two in Erzurum.
Some 200 soldiers who had returned from sick or home leave were
being transported to their respective military units with a convoy
of 5 buses, with 10 armored vehicles escorting the transports. The
traveling soldiers were unarmed and in civilian clothing, Bingöl Gov.
Mustafa Hakan Guvencer said.
The convoy was traveling on the road between Bingöl and MuÅ~_ when
a bus in the convoy was hit by a rocket at around 12:45 pm. Militants
hiding on the side of the road opened fire on the vehicles with assault
rifles, prompting a firefight with soldiers guarding the convoy.
The bus which was hit by the rocket caught on fire; soldiers trapped
inside the vehicle escaped through the smashed windows as clashes
erupted.