warnews from Kurdistan (Mainstream)

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VT20930; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 23:29:31 -0800


DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 23 (Reuter) - Rebel Kurds killed six state-paid
village guards and suffered three dead in an overnight village raid in
southeast Turkey, security officials said on Saturday.

The emergency rule governor's office said guerrillas of the Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) attacked a village near Silvan township in Siirt province late on
Friday, killing six village guards, armed and paid by the state in its fight
with the PKK. Three PKK rebels were killed in the ensuing fighting, the
governor's office said. Three village guards were injured. There was no
independent confirmation of the casualties.

In a separate Friday night attack, PKK militants kidnapped a senior prison
official from Mazgirt district in the eastern province of Tunceli, security
officials said.

More than 18,000 people have been killed in the PKK's 11-year fight for
autonomy or independence in southeast Turkey.

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ISTANBUL, Sept 24 (Reuter) - Kurdish rebels killed a non-commisioned officer
and four civilians and wounded another at a roadblock in central Turkey,
Anatolian Agency reported on Sunday.

It said an unknown number of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels stopped a car
after the nightfall on Saturday night near Zara town on the main highway
between between Sivas and Erzincan provinces.

It said they killed the five people in the car and sprayed another car with
automatic guns when the driver refused to stop at the roadblock. One passenger
in the car which escaped was wounded.

More than 18,000 people have been killed in the PKK's 11-year fight for
autonomy or independence in southeast Turkey.

In clashes reported since Friday, six PKK rebels have been killed and six
village guards armed by the Turkish government, and PKK rebels have kidnapped
a senior prison official.


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