Tag: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants

Turkey confirms 13 missing killed in PKK blast last week

DIYARBAKIR , Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities on Monday confirmed that 13 missing civilians had been killed last week in a blast caused by a huge quantity of explosives hoarded by Kurdish rebels blowing up accidentally. The mainly Kurdish region of Diyarbakir, in southeast Turkey, was rocked by a massive explosion on Thursday night said to have been caused by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants loading explosives onto a truck. Four people, all PKK militants, […]