Two soldiers killed in clashes as gunship crash kills pilot

[Saithan]

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on an army outpost in Siirt and one pilot lost his life in a helicopter crash in Malatya while the Turkish military struck PKK camps a second time in a combined aerial and artillery operation
Search and rescue teams take the injured pilots out of the gunship that crashed in Malatya. DHA photo

Search and rescue teams take the injured pilots out of the gunship that crashed in Malatya. DHA photo

A military outpost in Eruh district of Turkey’s southeastern Siirt province came under attack by alleged members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, late Thursday, daily Hürriyet reported on its website.

Militants attacked the outpost with rocket launchers and long-range assault rifles, the report said.

Non-commissioned officer İlker Atan and Private Recep Garlı were killed in the ensuing clash. Two PKK members were also killed while four other soldiers were injured.

Security forces launched an operation to neutralize the remaining militants who fled after the firefight.

Four civilians wounded

The Police Headquarters and Gendarmerie Command were targeted in a separate attack in Siirt's Pervari district.

PKK militants launched rockets at both buildings from different locations and opened fire with long-range weapons.

Clashes broke out after security forces responded to the attack. Four civilians were wounded by PKK fire.

Militants also launched rockets at the district’s Forestry Department, causing a fire to break out.

Pilot killed in helicopter crash

A Cobra gunship from the Malatya 2nd Army Command crashed during a training flight due to a technical malfunction near a landing zone in Malatya.

Pilot Capt. Erhan Kındar died in hospital due his injuries and pilot Capt. Kamuran Sönmezay was hospitalized with a broken spine.

Second night of air and artillery strikes

Meanwhile, Turkish jets struck at PKK camps in a second night of raids. F-16 warplanes from the 181st "Panther" squadron took off at 10 p.m. Thursday and dropped bombs on 28 targets.

Air strikes were preceded by artillery fire from the Turkish side of the border. Howitzers with a maximum range of 40 kilometers fired shells at 96 pre-determined targets.

Military officials said prepararations for future operations were underway and a land operation was a possible option.

I'm interested in knowing where the helicopter crash occured, and how they can be sure it's a technical error, a rocket impact could be considered a technical impact!

 

[Kutsanan]

There is no terrorist activities in Malatya.

 

[silko]

it was under a training it went down i heard, and it was in malatya during a test flight or something.