Turkish security forces find 50kg of explosives in anti-PKK raids

Turkish security forces find 50kg of explosives in anti-PKK raids

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish security forces discovered a total of 50 kilograms of explosives in three different locations along a road near Uzuntarla village, Tunceli province, while conducting an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday, June 25, Today's Zaman reported.

Security units immediately called a bomb disposal team. Anti-PKK raids are continuing in the region.

Earlier in the day, a 12-kilogram tube containing C-4 explosive was found in Tunceli province during an operation to capture PKK militants who opened fire on a gendarmerie unit near a Tunceli village. In the ensuing operation, gendarmerie forces found C-4 explosive packed inside a tube.

Gendarmerie sources said operation to locate the terrorists is still under way in the region.

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