Ankara: Kurdish rebels killed four Turkish soldiers and wounded seven others in eastern Turkey in the largest attack on troops in several months, authorities said on Saturday.
The rebels attacked a remote military outpost with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in foggy weather late Friday, private CNN-Turk and NTV televisions said. The commander of the outpost was killed along with three other soldiers, authorities said. Two of the seven wounded were in serious condition, according to media reports.
Turkish troops launched a man hunt but helicopter gunships remained grounded due to fog near the outpost, close to the town of Nazimiye in the eastern Tunceli province, television reports said Saturday morning.
The attack followed a surge in violence by autonomy-seeking rebels.
