Land Mine Blasts Kill Three Soldiers
A land mine believed to have been planted by Kurdish rebels killed three soldiers in southeastern Turkey, and two other mines injured seven people in separate explosions.
The troops were killed when a military vehicle struck a mine near the town of Semdinli in Hakkari province where the borders of Turkey, Iran and Iraq converge, Gov. Erdogan Gurbuz said. At least eight other soldiers were injured, he said.
Near Cukurca in Hakkari, two soldiers were injured when they stepped on a mine, and five civilians riding in a truck were injured when their vehicle struck a mine in nearby Sirnak province.
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