Multiple Attacks in Turkey's Sirnak 'Leave Several Dead'

While attacks are rocking Sirnak, this masked Turkish police officer secures a road leading to the US Consulate building in Istanbul, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. Bulgarian News Agency/AP

Deadly attacks in Sirnak province, in Southeastern Turkey, are claiming lives of Turkish soldiers and police officers, state-run Turkish Anadolu Agency has said.

Four police officers have been killed and another injured in a roadside bomb, and a helicopter attack has killed a soldier in the same province, the agency reports.

Sirnak is located near Turkey's borders with both Syria and Iraq.

No-one has yet claimed responsibility.

The developments there coincide with a day of attacks in the biggest city Istanbul targeting a police station and the US Consulate.

 

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