Four Turkish soldiers wounded in landmine blast in Turkey’s Hakkari

HAKKARİ

Four soldiers were injured in a landmine blast in southeastern Turkey on April 28, a security source has said. 

The four were slightly wounded when a landmine planted by outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) militants in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari province went off. 

The injured were airlifted to Hakkari State Hospital, the source added. 

Meanwhile, five female PKK militants were killed in an ongoing military operation in the eastern province of Tunceli, according to a statement issued by Turkish military on April 28.