UPDATE - 6 PKK terrorists killed in southeast Turkey airstrikes

UPDATES WITH ANOTHER AIRSTRIKE, EDITS THROUGHOUT

By Fecri Barlik and Aynur Ekiz

ANKARA (AA) - Six PKK terrorists were killed in two separate airstrikes in two southeastern provinces on Friday, according to the governor's office and military.

In a statement, the governor's office in Siirt province said gendarmerie and police units killed 3 PKK terrorists in an airstrike in Cevrimtepe village in Baykan district.

The slain terrorists were suspected to be behind the assassination attempt on Baykan district head Mehmet Kocabey on July 7 and the martyrdom of Hakkari province's Cukurca district gendarmerie station commander, Staff Sgt. Yakup Akdag, on July 24.

In another statement, Turkish Armed Forces said three PKK terrorists were killed in a separate airstrike in Karadag area in Hakkari's Semdinli district.

The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, resumed its armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015. Since then, it has been responsible for the deaths of some 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians.