Turkish security forces kill 10 Kurdish rebels

Turkish security forces killed 10 Kurdish rebels and confiscated explosives and weapons in south-eastern Turkey, local officials said today.

The four-day operation in a triangle of the south-eastern cities of Van, Sirnak and Hakkari began on Wednesday and was aimed at rooting out members of the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, the Sirnak governor's office said.