Three wounded in PKK attack in Turkey’s east

VAN – Doğan News Agency

Three soldiers were wounded in an attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Van early on April 27. 

The militants attacked an armored army vehicle on patrol with home-made explosives, after the rocket they launched missed the vehicle at around 5 a.m. 

The vehicle was damaged as a result of the attack, while the wounded soldiers were taken to the Van Training and Research Hospital. 

Reinforcements have been sent to the scene and an operation has been launched to catch the militants who staged the attack.