Turkish forces kill 9 PKK militants in southeast

Turkish forces on Sunday engaged militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Hakkari near the border with Iraq.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency that the deadly clashes occurred after a group of PKK militants launched an attack against security forces in Samanli and Cadikan districts.

Nine militants were killed in the clashes, the security source said, adding that two Turkish troops were also injured.

Elsewhere in the southeastern province of Siirt, five Turkish troops were injured when PKK militants detonated a roadside bomb on the Siirt-Sirnak road, the source said.

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