ANKARA, Aug 23: Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have attacked a bomb disposal team in southeast Turkey, killing two Turkish soldiers.
Anadolu Agency says the team was working to dispose of an improvised explosive device allegedly planted by the rebels on a road near the village of Andac, in the mainly Kurdish province of Sirnak, when they were attacked on Tuesday.
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The agency said the attack was carried out by rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has led a three-decade long insurgency for autonomy in southeast Turkey.
Violence between the PKK and the government flared anew last summer after a fragile peace process with the rebels collapsed.
More than a dozen people were killed last week in PKK bomb attacks targeting police and military.
