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ANKARA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- A military post was attacked by a bomb laden vehicle from Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province on Sunday, killing eight soldiers and wounding five others, Turkish General Staff stated.
The militants detonated a bomb-laden car at the Durak gendarmerie post in Hakkari's Semdinli district in the morning hours during a vehicle and identity check.
Eight soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in the attack, the chief army said.
Ambulances were dispatched to the post, located 20 km from the district center of Semdinli.
Semdinli is a mountainous area near the border with Iraq and Iran in the province of Hakkari, where PKK terrorists are active, Turkish Daily Sabah added.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Turkey.
