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Turkish officials yesterday said the victims died in at least four incidents in the south-east, home to about half of Turkey's 12 million Kurds. More than 800 of the 4,200 people killed in the insurgency have died since January.
The guerrillas were from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, fighting on despite heavy casualties during an army offensive launched in March.
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