Suspected PKK bombing kills two soldiers in southeast Turkey

Two Turkish soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a military vehicle in southeastern Turkey, security sources say.

The Dogan news agency citing security sources said that the casualties were caused after the vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern province of Sirnak near the Iraqi border, on Tuesday.

This comes a day after one Turkish soldier was killed and three police officers were injured in clashes with militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) near security outposts in the town of Nazimiye in Tunceli province early on Monday.

The developments come at a time when Turkey is still reeling from a deadly bomb blast that targeted a wedding ceremony on August 20, killing more than 50 people in the city of Gaziantep.

The attack was described as the deadliest in a series of bombings in Turkey this year blamed on the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

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