The driver of a freight train was wounded on Sunday when a bomb left on a railway track in southeastern Turkey was detonated as the train came past, security sources said, blaming Kurdish militants for the explosion.
The train's locomotive was damaged in the incident near the town of Saray in Van province, near the Iranian border, the sources said.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency against Turkish forces, has previously attacked railroads, pipelines and other targets it considers as Turkey's strategic assets.
Four PKK militants were killed in clashes elsewhere in the mainly Kurdish region, the security sources said on condition of anonymity.
Soldiers carrying out operations against the PKK in Diyarbakir province killed one militant on Sunday and seized weapons and narcotics, the sources said.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 25th of September 2016 04:21:26 PM
Snippy said
2:32 AM, 09/26/16
Cy Valley wrote:
Hmmm. . .
This is different. . .
I can't see it, either. I fucked up the lynx.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 25th of September 2016 04:21:26 PM
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 25th of September 2016 04:21:26 PM
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 25th of September 2016 04:21:26 PM
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 25th of September 2016 04:21:26 PM
Train driver wounded by railway bomb in southeast Turkey
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN11V0LZ
We've been
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Hmmm. . .
This is different. . .
I can't see it, either.
Ah, well. . .
The driver of a freight train was wounded on Sunday when a bomb left on a railway track in southeastern Turkey was detonated as the train came past, security sources said, blaming Kurdish militants for the explosion.
The train's locomotive was damaged in the incident near the town of Saray in Van province, near the Iranian border, the sources said.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency against Turkish forces, has previously attacked railroads, pipelines and other targets it considers as Turkey's strategic assets.
Four PKK militants were killed in clashes elsewhere in the mainly Kurdish region, the security sources said on condition of anonymity.
Soldiers carrying out operations against the PKK in Diyarbakir province killed one militant on Sunday and seized weapons and narcotics, the sources said.
-- Edited by Cy Valley on Sunday 25th of September 2016 04:21:26 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-kurds-idUSKCN11V0LZ