BAGHDAD, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A member of a Kurdish security force known as Peshmerga was killed Tuesday in an attack by militants of the Turkish outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
"One of the Peshmerga members was shot dead by PKK militants at a border point with Turkey near the town of Derker in Duhok province," Adeeb Jaafar, mayor of the town of Derker, told the official Iraqi News Agency (INA).
The attack is the second that targeted Peshmerga members within three days, as PKK militants killed five Peshmerga members and wounded four others in an ambush on Saturday morning in Matin Mountain in Duhok province in northern Iraq.
The Turkish army launched a ground and air offensive against the PKK targets across its borders with Iraq on April 23.
Turkish forces regularly carry out ground operations, airstrikes, and artillery bombardments against the positions of PKK militants in northern Iraq, especially the Qandil mountain range, where the main PKK bases are stationed.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union. Enditem