PKK terrorists fire on Turkish military convoy despite cease-fire
15 November 2013 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL – Terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fired on a Turkish military convoy on Friday in the southeastern province of Mardin despite an eight-month cease-fire.
The attack is the biggest assault by PKK terrorists since March this year, when jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan announced the cease-fire.
The Turkish army said in a statement that a group of terrorists ambushed a four-vehicle army convoy and two units of gendarmerie special forces near Eskihisar village in the Nusaybin district and fired 100-150 rounds of ammunition with automatic rifles.The statement added that one rocket propelled grenade was also fired from an RPG-7 launcher at an armored vehicle, but missed. The army said the troops immediately returned fire with automatic rifles in “legitimate defense.” It said the terrorist fire stopped after the troops returned fire. The statement said when the units returned to Üçköy Gendarmerie Command, inspections showed that two armored vehicles had been hit by 30 and 40 bullets each. The statement noted that no army personnel were injured in the incident.