"....Turkish army: ‘Kurdish rebels bringing explosives from Iraq’
In another development, the Turkish army said last week that an increasing number of Kurdish rebels had been infiltrating Turkey from Iraq, bringing along “large quantities” of explosives to carry out possible attacks across the country.
The warning came as security officials in Diyarbakir, the central city of Turkey’s mainly Kurdish Southeast, said three Kurdish rebels were shot dead in a clash in the nearby province of Tunceli.
“Unfortunately, the infiltrations [of Kurdish militants from Iraq] continue. We have stepped up our measures”, land forces commander Yasar Buyukanit told reporters in Diyarbekir.
“The terrorists coming from Northern Iraq are bringing along large quantities of C-4 explosives, which is a special, very powerful type of explosive”, the general said. “Let me warn that this could be dangerous both in rural areas and in big cities”.
Turkish security forces have recently arrested several suspected Kurdish militants who were allegedly planning bomb attacks on government targets."
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