Three officers killed in Turkey’s southeast

Three members of the security forces have been killed during clashes with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Sur district of Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır, which has been under a military curfew for the past month.
Militants detonated an explosive placed on a street as security forces were conducting an operation in the district, heavily wounding one soldier, who succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
The body of the soldier, identified as special gendarmerie sergeant Kemal Karabacaklı by the state-run Anadolu Agency, was sent to his hometown Aydın for a funeral.
“One of our brave fellow soldiers was heavily wounded during the operation in the Sur district of Diyarbakır province on Jan. 3 at 10:25 p.m. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital despite all efforts,” said a statement issued by the Turkish Chief of General Staff.
Another soldier died from his wounds in a hospital after he was injured in clashes in Sur on Jan. 4.
Meanwhile, a police officer was killed during an operation in Sur early on Jan. 4 after being shot by a PKK sniper.