Kurdish militants have detonated a car bomb outside a military checkpoint in south-east Turkey, killing 10 soldiers and eight civilians, the Turkish prime minister said. Eleven of them were soldiers, the Turkish military said. Turkish authorities imposed a temporary blackout on coverage of the attack, citing public order and national security reasons. Fighting between the PKK and the state security forces resumed last year after the collapse of a fragile two-and-a-half-year ceasefire. Since then, more than 600 Turkish security personnel and thousands of PKK militants have been killed in clashes, according to the Anadolu agency.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2016 13:18 UTC