ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Nine militants believed to be with the black-listed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, were killed by Turkish forces in the south of the country, Ankara said.
The PKK has been waging a bloody separatist campaign against the Turkish government for decades. Turkish authorities in southern Hakkari province said nine PKK fighters were killed by government forces in clashes Tuesday, the government's Anatolia news agency reports.
Militants with the PKK fired on a military outpost in Hakkari in July, killing three soldiers in the attack.
Authorities in nearby Adana province in southern Turkey said police uncovered almost 50 pounds of explosives that they say belonged to the PKK.
Adana police officials told the government news agency that the PKK was going to use the explosives to carry out attacks on major cities in the country.
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