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Bomb kills 4, injures 9 in southeast Turkey
06 Jul 2009 08:30:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 6 (Reuters) - Four workers were killed and nine were injured when a roadside bomb destroyed the vehicle in which they were travelling in southeastern Turkey, the provincial governor of the region said on Monday.

The vehicle was carrying workers in the province of Sirnak heading to a road construction site, he said, when it hit an improvised explosive device laid by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), he said.

Some 40,000 have died since 1984 when the PKK picked up arms to carve out an ethnic homeland in predominantly Kurdish southeast Turkey.

Similar explosive devices have been planted frequently in the past by PKK guerrillas in the 25-year-old conflict. (Writing by Daren Butler)


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