Six soldiers killed in clashes with PKK in Turkey’s Şırnak

Six soldiers killed in clashes with PKK in Turkey’s Şırnak

Six soldiers killed in clashes with PKK in Turkey’s Şırnak

Six soldiers were killed in the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak on Sept. 26 during a clash with outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A number of ambulances were dispatched to the scene for the wounded soldiers at the checkpoint near a prison in Şırnak, Doğan said.  

The killings came hours after a roadside bomb attack by the militants in the southeatern province of Mardin, where four other soldiers were killed.