World Bulletin / News Desk

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and others wounded Friday by a roadside bomb in Tunceli in the Kurdish majority southeast of the country, medical and military sources reported.

The explosion was caused by a home-made bomb on the side of a road between Tunceli and Elazig in a region caught up in a Turkish military operation against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The attack prompted a swift response from the Turkish army, with helicopters dropping bombs on the rebels' escape routes in the region. Security forces also blocked the road to traffic.