Turkey: 8 soldiers killed by roadside bomb

Eight soldiers were killed Wednesday afternoon by a roadside bomb attack blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or the PKK, the Turkish military said.

The soldiers were traveling in an armored vehicle in southeastern Turkey's Siirt province when a remote-controlled bomb exploded, Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu Agency reported.

Also Wednesday, two gunmen were arrested near Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace, Turkey's Dogan News Agency reported after gunfire erupted close to a police post at the palace.

No injuries or deaths were immediately reported in that incident. The Istanbul governorate said the two suspects were carrying automatic weapons and hand grenades...............

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