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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Reuters AlertNet - Turkish gendarmes seize suspected Kurd militants

"Turkish gendarmes seize suspected Kurd militants
27 May 2007 12:00:25 GMT
Source: Reuters

ISTANBUL, May 27 (Reuters) - Turkish gendarme forces have caught two suspected militants from a separatist Kurdish group and seized explosives and weapons, Anatolian news agency said on Sunday.

It said security forces stormed a house in the suburbs of Turkey's third largest city Izmir and detained two members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose armed campaign Ankara blames for more than 30,000 deaths since 1984."

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