Young music teacher killed in PKK attack in Turkey’s Batman

BATMAN - Anadolu Agency

A young music teacher was killed during an outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) attack on June 9 in the southeastern province of Batman, according to a gendarme source.At least one other civilian was also injured in the attack. Two militants first opened fire on the car of the mayor of Kozluk that was being driven by a relative. Gun shots, however, killed a 22-year-old music teacher Şenay Aybüke Yalçın and injured another civilian.Security forces later intercepted one of the two militants at a gendarmerie station near the entrance to Bekirhan in Kozluk; but the militant blew up the car when told to stop, wounding two soldiers and a civilian.One of the soldiers later died at a hospital while the other is stillreceiving treatment.An operation is underway to capture the other militants.