Eight killed as Turkish military, Kurdish rebels clash

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(Recasts with army statement saying clash was with Kurdish militants, **t smugglers, raises death toll) DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 22 (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed in clashes between the Turkish military and Kurdish rebels on the country's Syrian border, the army said on Tuesday, apparently the most serious outbreak of violence since the militants declared a ceasefire last year. A local official earlier pointed the finger at smugglers, after an armed group crossing the border from Syria into Turkey ig**red calls to stop and opened fire on an army outpost. Three border guards were wounded, two of whom later died, after they came under attack from around 15 people trying to cross into Turkey, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. Reinforcements were deployed and at least six "terrorists" from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) or its affiliate, the Syria-based Democratic Union Party (PYD), were believed to have died in the clash, the army said.

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