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Three Turkish soldiers killed as building collapses in Turkey

Three Turkish soldiers killed

February 19, 2016 | 06:43 PM
Buildings which were damaged during the security operations and clashes between Turkish security forces and PKK militants, are pictured in Sur district of Diyarbak?r. Reuters
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were slightly injured after a building collapsed in the southeast, where security forces have been clashing with Kurdish militants for months.

The building toppled in the Sur district of Diyarbakir province, where a curfew has been in place for almost three months and more than 200 militants and security personnel have been killed, according to the Turkish army.

The military did not give a reason for the collapse.  
February 19, 2016 | 06:43 PM