PKK terrorists kill 8, injures 5 in bomb blast in Turkey

PKK terrorists killed eight soldiers and injured five others including civilians in a bomb-laden vehicle attack on a gendarmerie station in the Şemdinli district of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province on Sunday.

The explosion occurred during an ID check in front of the gendermerie station according to the Doğan News Agency.

Six soldiers were initially killed and seven others were injured, but two of the injured later succumbed to their wounds.

The police station is located 20 kilometers away from the district center of Şemdinli.

Şemdinli is a mountainous area near the border with Iraq and Iran in the province of Hakkari, where PKK terrorists are active.