Two soldiers killed in Turkey's Mardin

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion this morning in Mardin, southeast Turkey, the Dogan News Agency reported.

Suspected Kurdish rebels on Wednesday detonated explosives on a highway on a highway linking the cities of Mardin and Diyarbakir as security forces were passing by.

Ambulances and reinforcements were dispatched to the scene and a counterterrorism operation is currently underway to capture the terrorists responsible for the attack.