Diyarbakir, Turkey - Explosives planted
by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants ripped through a
Turkish military vehicle travelling through southeast Turkey on
Monday, wounding 17 soldiers, the military said.
The vehicle was passing through the Yuksekova district of
Hakkari province, which borders Iran and Iraq, when the blast
occurred, the army said, adding the wounded were immediately
taken to hospital.
The army initially said four of the wounded were in a
serious condition, but a later statement said none of the
injuries were serious.
The PKK took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984 and
more than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have been killed in the
conflict. It is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the
United States and the European Union.
A ceasefire between the Turkish state and the militants
broke down in July 2015 and the southeast subsequently saw some
of the worst violence since the insurgency began.