[ADN Kronos] A landmine exploded in southeastern Turkey on Monday killing four construction workers and injuring nine others. The state news agency, Anadolu, said a bomb struck a vehicle transporting the workers to a dam and roads under construction in the southeastern province of Sirnak, near the border with Iraq on Monday.The news agency said that the vehicle struck the landmine which authorities said was planted by the separatist militants, the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK).
The city of Sirnak has been at the centre of conflict between the Turkish military and the PKK.