Explosion in Nusaybin: 1 Soldier Killed, 8 Injured

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One soldier has been killed, eight others injured upon members of YPS* (Civil Protection Units) detonating an improvised bomb device in Yenişehir neighbourhood of Nusaybin district of Mardin province.

The operations launched within the curfew declared on March 14 in Nusaybin still continue. Within the operations carried out in Yenişehir neighbourhood, nine soldiers have been injured and taken to Nusaybin State Hospital three of whom had severe injuries.

One of the soldiers has lost his life in the hospital, eight others are still in treatment.

Today (May 19), one soldier had lost his life in the armed conflict between security forces and members of Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) armed wing HPG (People’s Defense Forces) in the intersection of Gürpınar and Çatak districts of Turkey’s eastern province of Van and another injured. (NV/DG)

* YPS (Civil Protection Units): Organization operating in Kurdish provinces of Turkey which has adopted the name YPS upon merger of the  Patriotic Revolutionary Movement (YDG-H) and local forces in December 2015 following the curfews.

About Nusaybin Nusaybin is one of the 10 districts of Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin. The population is 97,156. Its southern neighboring country is Syria. Its Co-Mayors are Sara Kaya and Cengiz Kök from Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). November 1, 2015 General Election Results HDP (% 89,38), Justice and Development Party (AKP) (% 8,62), People's Republican Party (CHP) (% 0,63), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) (% 0,55) June 7, 2015 General Election Results HDP (% 90,42, AKP (% 6,53), MHP (% 0.80), CHP (% 0,37)