PKK rocket attack in northeast Turkey martyrs sergeant

GIRESUN, Turkey

A security official was martyred in a PKK rocket attack on a gendarmerie building in northeastern Turkey Friday, a provincial governor said.

According to Giresun Governor Hasan Karahan, the rocket attack by the PKK terrorist group struck the Caldag Gendarmerie Headquarters in Giresun and martyred Sergeant Zafer Caliskan.

His body will be sent to his hometown Ankara Saturday, the governor announced.

This is the second such attack in the city, the governor said, adding that efforts were now underway to "neutralize the terror groups in the region."

PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization also by the U.S. and EU - resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015. Since then, more than 430 security personnel have been martyred and more than 3,800 PKK terrorists killed.