ANKARA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Seven Turkish soldiers were killed, two others injured in a terror attack in the southeastern province of Batman on Thursday.
A road bomb, installed by the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) members, blasted when an armored military vehicle passed by in the rural area of Gercus district, the Batman Governor's Office said in a statement.
Local security forces launched a raid to nab the PKK militia following the attack.
The PKK is seen as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
