Sunday, June 24, 2007

Reuters AlertNet - Turk troops escaped east Turkey suicide attack

"Turk troops escaped east Turkey suicide attack
24 Jun 2007 10:17:19 GMT
Source: Reuters

TUNCELI, Turkey, June 24 (Reuters) - Turkish paramilitary police escaped unscathed from a suicide attack by the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) late on Saturday, the provincial governor said on Sunday.

Army sources had said PKK militants attacked a paramilitary police station in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli using a truck filled with oil, and clashes had followed."

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