 Five rebel fighters of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed and one Turkish security guard was injured during an armed clash yesterday, officials said. The clash took place in a heavily forested area near the town of Bingol in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast region. The officials said some 2,000 soldiers were seeking to flush out between 15 and 20 guerrillas active in the area. The operation was launched on Thursday and continued yesterday. "We expect the number of dead PKK (rebels) to increase by evening," a military source in the region said. |