12 terrorists killed in counter-attack against PKK threat

The most recent raids in the sweeping operation have killed three terrorists in Nusaybin town, Mardin; eight in Şırnak province and one in Hakkari province.

“In Nusaybin town, five buildings were set afire by PKK. Three terrorists trying to escape from the operation area were killed. The number of PKK terrorists neutralized since the beginning of operations has risen to 498. Security forces deactivated 22 more improvised bombs, bringing the total number of discovered explosives to 1,074,” the General Staff said in a statement on its official site.

Security forces have neutralized six more PKK members, bringing the total number of slain terrorists to 474 since the launch of counter-terrorist operations in Şırnak in mid-March. “Two PKK terrorists were found dead after an exchange of fire. Seven explosives were deactivated. The number of deactivated bombs rose to 1,388 in Şırnak where PKK burned two buildings while escaping from the operation area,” the statement said.

The military also found a cache of weapons in the province including hand grenades and four infantry rifles, 36 chargers and 2025 cartridges belonging to these rifles.

One PKK terrorist was neutralized during the operation in Hakkari.

Elsewhere in the Southeast, in Batman province, security forces found a cache of weapons buried in a field they searched after receiving a tip-off. The weapons, discovered in Kozluk town, were listed as 11 Kalashnikov infantry rifles along with 19 chargers and 4,470 cartridges.