TURKEY: Gunmen kill seven soldiers in North

Record ID: 353035

  • Title: TURKEY: Gunmen kill seven soldiers in North
  • Date: 8th December 2009
  • Summary: CIZRE, TURKEY (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS PATROLLING
  • Embargoed: 23rd December 2009 12:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA2HBTOVBTIXD31300FMAQCG10V
  • Story Text: An unidentified gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in an attack on a gendarme unit in northern Turkey's Tokat province, television channels reported on Monday (December 7).
    The attack came days ahead of of a court hearing to decide whether Turkey's largest pro-Kurdish political party should be closed.
    The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has carried out attacks on military targets in the past. The PKK mostly operates in the primarily Kurdish southeast, where one man was killed during clashes between police and protesters on Sunday. Attacks in the north are rare, but not unheard of.
    The violence came as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan prepared to meet President Barack Obama in Washington for talks that were likely to cover a range of issues, including Erdogan's moves to Kurdish rights.
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