Six more PKK terrorists killed in southeastern Turkey

At least six terrorists from the seperatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in operations, jointly conducted by the military and the police in restive parts of southeastern provinces on Sunday, the military said.

In a statement released on Monday, the military confirmed that four terrorists were killed in Şırnak, while another one was killed in Nusaybin town, Mardin. The ongoing encouncer in Yüksekova town, Hakkari province, left one more PKK member dead.

Şırnak is the province in which the highest number of terrorist fatalities have been reported. The latest anti-terror raids increased the number of PKK terrorists, killed in Şırnak, to 414 while the number of terrorists slain in Nusaybin, to 403," the statement said.

PKK terrorists have destroyed a total of 83 buildings in Nusaybin and 132 in Şırnak before escaping.

Meanwhile, the terrorist organisation used fruits as booby-trap bomb to target security forces. They placed handmade explosives in several fruits such as banana, apple and melon before putting them into refrigerators. This is what the military have discovered during the encounter in Şırnak.

During the encounter in Şırnak, security forces also found corridors and tunnels going through homes dug to allow PKK terrorists rapid access to other side of the border.

Reports said security forces have destroyed 500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, found in Karakoyunlu town of eastern province of Iğdır.