Two solider killed, 24 injured in Turkey suicide blast

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ANKARA: As many as two solider were killed while 24 other were injured in a suicide attack in eastern Turkey.

According to the governor’s office for Agri province said that fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attacked a military police station with a truck laden with two tones of explosives early on Sunday.

The attack in Agri city came amid an escalation of violence between Ankara and the PKK, with Turkey conducting almost daily airstrikes against PKK bases in northern Iraq, and the fighters attacking security forces.