Turkey Neutralizes 5 PKK Terrorists

At least five PKK terrorists were neutralized on Wednesday as part of anti-terror operations in eastern and southeastern Turkey.

ANKARA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Aug, 2018 ) :At least five PKK terrorists were neutralized on Wednesday as part of anti-terror operations in eastern and southeastern Turkey.

Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.

In the southeastern Mardin province, the Turkish Border Security Guard killed a PKK terrorist in the Nusaybin district in self-defense, the Turkish General Staff said in a tweet Wednesday.

Earlier, security forces launched an anti-terror operation in eastern Erzurum's Karayazi district on Monday, according to a statement by the provincial governorship.

Two terrorists were neutralized during the operation, while a security officer got minor injuries, it said.

Also seized during the operation were a gun silencer, two rounds of a magazine, two thermal cameras, hand-made explosives, and various materials including cables, umbrellas and sleeping bags.

Raids against the PKK terror group continue with determination, the statement added.

Separately, another anti-terror operation saw two more terrorists neutralized in Gurpinar in the eastern Van province, the provincial governor's office said.

The Turkish Armed Forces also conducted airstrikes in the northern Iraqi regions of Hakurk and Zap, the General Staff said.