The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday said one of its guerrillas carried out a deadly suicide bombing against troops in eastern Turkey as a reprisal for the alleged bombing of a civilian village. Two soldiers were killed and 31 were wounded in the bombing early Sunday in the Dogubayazit district of Agri province, the army said. The PKK said the attack was carried out by a "martyr" with the nom-de-guerre of Andok Eris, publishing a picture of him with his face concealed by a scarf. His age was not given. The attack came as Turkish jets pound targets of the PKK in northern Iraq in a broad "anti-terror" campaign which has also seen the outlawed group step up attacks inside Turkey. The strike is believed to be the first time the PKK has employed a suicide bombing during the current phase of the conflict, although it had repeatedly used the tactic in the past.
