ANKARA, Turkey: A Turkish soldier and a village guard were killed on Saturday in separate clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey’s restive southeast, local media reported.
The soldier died when fighting erupted in the Lice district of Diyarbakir province between security forces and militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), security sources told the official Anadolu news agency.
Another soldier was injured while one PKK militant was killed, Dogan news agency reported adding that operations continued in 18 villages in the province where long curfews were imposed on Friday. A village guard was killed in the foothills of Cudi Mountain in Sirnak province after rebels opened fire on security forces, Dogan said.
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