Four killed in bomb blast in south-east Turkey - Summary
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Istanbul - Four construction workers were killed and nine other men were injured in a landmine explosion in south-east Turkey on Monday, the Andolu news agency reported. Authorities blamed the banned separatist Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) for the attack in Sirnak province near the border with Iraq. A vehicle carrying workers who were building a dam and roads in the area triggered the mine that had been planted along a road in the province. Sirnak is at the centre of the conflict between the Turkish army and the PKK, which been has been fighting for independence since the mid-1980s.
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