Seven killed in two PKK attacks in Turkey: Army

ISTANBUL, TURKEY / AFP

Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed six Turkish soldiers and a village guardsman in two separate attacks on Sunday, the army said.
Five Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on their military vehicle in Hakkari province on the road between the towns of Beyyurdu and Aktutun close to the border with northern Iraq.
Four soldiers died at the scene and a fifth died in hospital, the army said.
Turkish security forces had been engaged in a large-scale military operation in Hakkari to target Kurdish militants in the area, Dogan news agency said.
Earlier on Sunday, one Turkish soldier was killed along with a village guard in a car bombing on a military outpost in the eastern province of Van, the army said.
Village guards are local residents who cooperate with security forces throughout eastern Turkey to protect their communities from the PKK.