Turkish troops have killed eight Kurdish guerrillas in a fire fight in south-east Turkey, bringing the total death toll in a two-day clash to 13, military headquarters said on Sunday.
The clash broke out on Friday evening in the mountainous province of Sirnak, along the border with Iraq, when the militants opened fire and killed five state-backed village guards, military sources said on Saturday.
The armed forces confirmed those deaths on its Web site and said five village guards had also been injured in the fighting. After the initial shooting, Turkish military forces backed by helicopters launched an operation in the area in search of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels.
This year the military has carried out repeated air raids targeting PKK fighters based in northern Iraq, from where several thousand rebels stage attacks on Turkish territory.
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