 Turkish forces have killed six Kurdish fighters near the Iraqi border, and have arrested a man they believe was behind a bomb attack last July. The Anatolian news agency quoted security officials as saying on Saturday that six Kurdish militants had been killed in a military operation near the Iraqi border against members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK. The helicopter-backed operation came amid an increase in bombings in Turkey and after the worst civil unrest in the mainly Kurdish southeast for more than 10 years. |