News4u-News Desk-Assailants raked a military vehicle with automatic weapon fire on Monday, killing at least seven Turkish soldiers in the first attack on troops in a central region of Turkey in nearly a decade, authorities said.

Authorities could not identify the attackers, but suspicion fell on Kurdish and leftist militants because the ambush followed violent street protests by Kurdish rebel supporters across the country in recent weeks.
The attack also came on the eve of a critical court case in which Turkey’s Constitutional Court will start deliberating whether to shut down the country’s pro-Kurdish political party, which is often accused of being a front for the Kurdish rebel group.
The vehicle came under fire in a rugged mountainous area near a military outpost near the town of Resadiye in the Tokat province, said the town’s mayor Rafet Erdem.

The soldiers were returning to the outpost following a routine patrol of the area. Three other soldiers were wounded in the ambush.
The military said it has sent reinforcements to the region and that operations to catch the attackers were under way.

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