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                        3 Turkish Police Killed in Blast

   by VOA News

   Security officials in southeastern Turkey say a roadside bomb blast has
   killed three police officers and wounded four others.

   Authorities say the attack took place late Sunday in Idil in Sirnak
   province near the Syrian border.

   There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

   Security officials are blaming the assault on the Kurdistan Workers
   Party, also known as the PKK.

   Turkish security forces have been cracking down heavily on the PKK
   across Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast.

   Turkey, the United States and the European Union all consider the PKK
   to be a terror group.

   The conflict between Turkey and the PKK has left 40,000 people dead
   since 1984.
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