Blast kills Turkish soldier as clashes rage on in Diyarbakir
At least one Turkish soldier has been killed in a fresh wave of clashes in Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakir, as the government escalates the crackdown on members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group.
Security sources said on Wednesday that a bomb planted by the PKK militants in the district of Sur, which is under police curfew, in Diyarbakir killed one soldier and wounded six others.
The bomb was detonated remotely, officials said, adding that a civilian was also injured in the attack.
The renewed clashes in Diyarbakir comes a day after fierce confrontations were reported between the PKK militants and Turkish forces in the provinces of Sirnak and Bitlis, where 15 people, including a soldier, were killed.
Ankara has been engaged in a large-scale campaign against the PKK in its southern border region in the recent past, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledging that his government will do its utmost to root out the PKK elements in the area.
State media say more than 160 members of the PKK have been killed in various operations launched over the past week. However, figures provided by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) show at least 24 civilians have been killed in the fighting.
Most of the casualties have come in the towns of Cizre and Silopi, Sirnak Province. Both areas have been under a 24-hour curfew since December 14.
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