Istanbul: A vehicle laden with explosives hit an army outpost in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, killing three people, according to a statement published by the governor's office.
The Mardin province governor's office said two soldiers and a civilian woman were killed in Saturday's attack at a military outpost in the town of Cevizlik. The statement also stated seven people were wounded, including three people who are in critical condition.
It wasn't immediately clear why the two accounts differed. Both statements blamed "the separatist terror organization" for the attack, a description used by Turkey for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or the PKK. Security forces have begun operations to apprehend the attackers.
Clashes between Turkey and Kurdish militants resumed nearly a year ago after a tenuous cease-fire between Turkey and the PKK collapsed.
Airstrikes regularly target PKK positions in Turkey and northern Iraq, while fighting and curfews continue in several southeastern towns.
In a daily activity statement published on its website, the Turkish Army said it "neutralized 17 separatist terror organization members" in Hakkari province and two militants in Van province yesterday.
The renewed conflict between the two sides has led to the death of nearly 600 security personnel and more than 5,000 Kurdish militants, reports Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency. An unknown number of civilians have also been killed and thousands displaced.
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