Three police officers, one civilian dead in attacks in Turkey's southeast

Three police officers and a civilian have been killed and five policemen and one civilian wounded in attacks staged by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), while funerals for the killed police officers took place in their hometowns. 

A police officer, ?lker Narin, who was injured in an attack on a police vehicle conducting traffic checks in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Kayap?nar on Aug. 30, succumbed to his injuries at hospital later on the same day. Narin?s fellow policeman, Ahmet G?l?ç, had died on the way to hospital after being injured in the attack. 

Another police officer, Y?lmaz Dikmen, was killed in an attack at the police guest house in ??rnak?s Silopi district late on Aug. 30. 

Suspected members of the PKK attacked the PKK police guesthouse in Silopi with rocket-propelled grenade and long barreled weapons, after which clashes erupted between the PKK militants and police officers. 

A ceremony to commemorate the three police officers killed in Diyarbak?r and ??rnak was held in the provincial police department in Diyarbak?r. 

Dikmen?s body was sent to be laid to rest in his hometown in the Central Anatolian province of K?r?kkale, G?l?ç?s body was sent to the Aegean province of ?zmir, and Narin?s body was sent to the Black Sea province of Kastamonu. 

Meanwhile, one civilian, 55-year-old Fatma Ay, was killed in the crossfire during clashes in the southeastern province of ??rnak?s Silopi district. It was not known where exactly the bullet came from, as clashes were ongoing between members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), the PKK?s youth wing, and the security forces in the Kar??yaka neighborhood of Silopi.

Ay and 17-year-old Berfin Ökten...