Two Turkish Soldiers Killed, 24 Wounded in Sucide Attack

ANKARA-Two Turkish soldiers were killed and 24 were wounded early Sunday in a suicide bombing that targeted a military station in the Dogubayazit district of the eastern Agri province.

The official Anatolia news agency reported, quoting the local governor’s office as saying that a suicide bomber drove a tractor laden with explosives up to the military station in the Dogubayazit district of the eastern Agri province killing and wounding scores of soldiers and causing heavey material damage to the station.  The soldiers were deployed with the local Jandarma (Gendarmerie), a branch of the army which looks after internal security in Turkey.

In a separate incident, one Turkish soldier was alsso was killed and four wounded early Sunday when a mine exploded as their convoy was travelling on a road in the Midyat district of the Mardin province in southeastern Turkey, Anatolia said.

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