Two soldiers wounded in PKK attack in Diyarbakır’s Sur

DİYARBAKIR – Doğan News Agency

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Two soldiers were wounded on Jan. 22 in an attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbakır province.

PKK militants attacked a special operations team in Sur’s Hasırlı neighborhood with rocket-propelled grenades, wounding two specialized sergeants. The wounded soldiers were taken to Diyarbakır Military Hospital for treatment with one in critical condition.

Meanwhile, police controllably disposed of a bomb placed by PKK militants behind the Sur district’s police department.