Three Turkish soldiers killed, 14 wounded in PKK attack: Army

Istanbul:  Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack today in the Kurdish-dominated southeast blamed on militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the army said.

The attack took place in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, where the army has been conducting a military operation backed by a curfew against the PKK, it said. The Dogan news agency said the PKK opened fire with rockets on an army bomb disposal team.