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Bomb kills four soldiers in Turkey

A bomb has hit a military vehicle in Turkey's southeast, killing four soldiers and injuring two.

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Four soldiers have been killed and two wounded when a bomb hit a military vehicle travelling in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin, security sources say.

Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has been hit by waves of violence in clashes between government security forces and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after a ceasefire fell apart last year.


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