MARDIN, Turkey
Two police officers have been injured while filling in a ditch thought to have been dug by militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey.
Police sources said an explosive device planted in Nusaybin district of Mardin province went off while the ditch was being filled in by security forces using heavy construction equipment on Friday.
The police officers, who were in the heavy equipment, were taken to Nusaybin Public Hospital for immediate medical attention before being sent on to Mardin Public Hospital.
Hospital officials said the officers’ injuries were not life threatening.
PKK is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.
