PKK (Mossad) wounds 8 Turkish security forces

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At least eight Turkish security forces have been wounded in an attack by the separatist Kurdish group, Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The PKK militants fired rockets on police buildings including lodgings in Pervari, Siirt province in southeast Turkey late Friday, AFP reported.

The fighting continued for about one hour, the governor's office said in a statement on Saturday.

Five policemen and three soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, according to the statement.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by much of the international community, including Turkey, Iran, the United States and European Union member states.

More than 40,000 people have lost their lives since the militant group launched its armed campaign against Ankara in 1984, as part of a quest to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey.