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A roadside bomb attack killed nine people traveling on a minibus yesterday, authorities said, in the latest violence to shake Turkey's turbulent southeast, where Kurdish rebels have been fighting for autonomy for decades.
Turkish troops launched an operation to hunt those believed to be behind the attack, which also injured four people, including a 15-month-old baby, near the village of Gecitli in the rugged Hakkari province bordering Iran and Iraq, Hakkari Governor Muammer Turker said.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press ahead with the fight against the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
"These kinds of incidents will not deter us," Erdogan said after the attack. "Terrorism has a cost but it will not remain unanswered."
Kurdish rebels have targeted military vehicles with improvised explosive devices, with the latest such attack on Wednesday in Hakkari province. There have also been several other attacks on police over the past week, which would violate a cease-fire the rebels declared before a religious holiday as a pro-Kurdish party called on the government to open dialogue with rebels for a peaceful solution.
On Tuesday, thousands of Kurds attended a funeral for one of nine Kurdish rebels killed in a clash in Hakkari last week. Youths at the funeral threw stones at police, but dispersed after the region's Kurdish mayor intervened.
The rebels have been fighting for autonomy in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast since 1984. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people.
Turkish troops launched an operation to hunt those believed to be behind the attack, which also injured four people, including a 15-month-old baby, near the village of Gecitli in the rugged Hakkari province bordering Iran and Iraq, Hakkari Governor Muammer Turker said.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press ahead with the fight against the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
"These kinds of incidents will not deter us," Erdogan said after the attack. "Terrorism has a cost but it will not remain unanswered."
Kurdish rebels have targeted military vehicles with improvised explosive devices, with the latest such attack on Wednesday in Hakkari province. There have also been several other attacks on police over the past week, which would violate a cease-fire the rebels declared before a religious holiday as a pro-Kurdish party called on the government to open dialogue with rebels for a peaceful solution.
On Tuesday, thousands of Kurds attended a funeral for one of nine Kurdish rebels killed in a clash in Hakkari last week. Youths at the funeral threw stones at police, but dispersed after the region's Kurdish mayor intervened.
The rebels have been fighting for autonomy in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast since 1984. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people.
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