Explosion in Turkey: 17 dead [UPDATE]
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15:13 (GMT+4) Terrorist attack in Semdinli resulted in death of 17 people, including 9 servicemen with 27 others wounded, NTV reported.
13:38 (GMT+4) Death toll in explosion in Turkey has reached risen 9 people, TRT Haber reported.
30 people have been hospitalized.
13:00 (GMT+4) Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in a car bomb explosion near a gendarmerie post in the Semdinli district of the Hakkari province in southeast Turkey, local media reported on Sunday.
Another five soldiers were injured in the explosion, according to the NTV broadcaster.
Turkish security forces have repeatedly carried out operations against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) outlawed by Ankara in the Hakkari province.
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