12 die as Turkish troops clash with PKK
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Kurdish guerrillas attacked a military outpost in southeast Turkey overnight, triggering a clash in which nine militants and three soldiers were killed, security sources said on Tuesday.
Military helicopters flew in troop reinforcements to search for the remaining Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels who launched the attack in the Semdinli district of Hakkari province, near the border with Iraq. Three soldiers were also wounded in the fighting. (Reuters)
