Nine PKK terrorists killed in eastern Turkey

ANKARA

Nine PKK terrorists have been killed in security operations in eastern Turkey's Mardin and Sirnak provinces Sunday, Turkish military said Monday.

In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said seven PKK terrorists were killed in southeastern Mardin province’s Nusaybin district.

Two PKK terrorists were killed in a separate operation in the southeastern Sirnak province.

Several weapons were seized during the operations, the statement added.

The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU - resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015. Since then, more than 430 security personnel have been martyred and more than 3,800 PKK terrorists killed.