2 PKK members killed in southeastern Turkey

ANKARA, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Two members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with the Turkish security forces in the southeast of the country, an official statement said Saturday.

The clashes erupted late Friday between a group of PKK members and the security forces during a military operation staged in Yavrukoy area of Nusaybin town in Mardin province, said the statement issued by the Mardin governor's office.

The security forces found the PKK members during their operation and opened fire at them, said the statement.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms in 1984 in a bid to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Since then, more than 40,000 people have been killed in conflicts involving the group.
Source http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=63955

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