Turkey: 61 PKK terrorists killed

US, European Union and Turkey have listed PKK as a terrorist organization. Its terror campaign against Turkey is on for three decades.

Ankara: At least 61 terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been neutralized by the Turkish military forces in the northern part of Iraq.

Turkey's defence ministry said that a total of 110 mines and improvised explosives were destroyed by the armed forces, as part of 'Operation Claw' launched on May 27 against the terror group in the Hakurk region in northern Iraq.

Turkish troops also destroyed 151 shelters and ammunition depots used by the PKK.

US, European Union and Turkey have listed PKK as a terrorist organization. Its terror campaign against Turkey is on for three decades now, which has resulted in the killing of more than 40,000 people.