(Xinhua) -- Two rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in southeastern province of Sirnak, Turkish General Staff said in a statement issued on its website on Monday. The General Staff said two PKK rebels were killed by Turkish Security Forces as they were trying to sneak into Turkey to carry out terrorist attacks, adding that the security forces seized two Kalashnikov rifles and their ammunition clips.
Meanwhile, the security forces seized seven other Kalashnikovs and 113 ammunition magazines in another operation carried out in mountainous areas of Sirnak, added the statement.