Death toll rises to 4 in landmine explosions in Turkey

In the explosion on Monday in a mountainous area near the town of Cukurca in the same province, one Turkish soldier had been killed two had been wounded.

Two Turkish soldiers and a village guard were wounded in a separate blast on Tuesday in Sirnak, another southeastern province of Turkey, the Anatolian Agency reported.

The death toll in the landmine explosions rose to four on Tuesday.

The outlawed PKK frequently uses remote-control landmines to attack Turkey's security forces.  Â

Turkey and most of the international community, including the EU and the U.S., consider the PKK a terrorist organization.         Â

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