Turkey: English tourist kidnapped /Turkish Gendarme killed by PKK Soldiers

Posted on June 4, 2012 • Filed under: Asia, Tourist Kidnapped

Commander of Turkish gendarmes and two junior lieutenants were killed as a result of mine blast in South-Eastern part of Turkey, Diarbekir region, Lije community. The region is populated with Kurds and the mine was settled by the Kurdish Workers’ Party’s (PKK) soldiers. As Turkish “Milliet” newspaper writes the gendarmes were engaged in seeking for the tourist who was kidnapped by the PKK soldiers. PKK set free the English tourist on June 4, in the morning. Read article

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