Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish commando unit overnight, killing four soldiers and wounding one in southeastern Turkey as the rebel command threatened to escalate violence across the country, news reports said Sunday. Later Sunday, police in Istanbul said they had captured seven Kurdish rebels planning bomb attacks in the city, including the commander of a rebel special forces unit, police said. Police said the rebels were collecting intelligence on possible targets but had not yet brought the explosives to Istanbul. In the attack in southeastern Turkey, rebels opened fire on a small unit of Turkish commandos patrolling the rugged area near the village of Cicekli in Tunceli province. Four soldiers were killed, while one person was wounded, local officials said. The troops pursued the guerrillas from the air with warplanes and attack helicopters, the Anatolia news agency said. Full Story
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