'PKK bomb' kills eight Turkish police officers September 16, 2012 - 16:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The device was detonated as their bus passed on a road in the Karliova district of Bingol province, they said. Sources blamed the attack on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants. Fighting between the army and PKK rebels in south-eastern Turkey has escalated in the past year, with hundreds of lives lost. Nine officers were wounded in the blast on Sunday, Sept. 16 morning, the officials said. The army has mounted scores of operations in that region, and in neighboring northern Iraq, in a bid to drive out the rebels. The PKK has been fighting for an ethnic homeland in south-eastern Turkey since 1984. It is classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU. In all, more than 40,000 people have died in the conflict, according to BBC News. Partner news  Top stories Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates. Moscow has condemned other nations for supporting rebel forces and failing to condemn what it describes as terrorist attacks on the Syrian regime.   Partner news |  Latest news Artsakh President attends Berdzor town 21st anniv. liberation events  Bako Sahakyan noted the liberation of Berdzor town as an important military, political and psychological victory.Weekly digest of foreign currency deals Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.200 Azeri ceasefire violations reported May 12-18 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.Serzh Sargsyan reelected as Armenian Chess Federation president Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. |
