Turkish security forces clashed with Kurdish militants in eastern Turkey, "neutralising" two of them, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday (October 6), as conflict escalated nearly a week after a bomb attack in Ankara.

The two Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were "neutralised" in the eastern Agri province in a clash with commandos during an operation with combat drone and attack helicopter support, Yerlikaya said in a statement. Turkey typically uses the term "neutralised" to mean killed.

The PKK previously claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing in Ankara that left the two attackers dead and wounded two police officers. Turkey said the attackers came from Syria but the Syrian SDF forces denied this.

Turkey has also carried out air strikes and shelling against Kurdish militant targets in northern Syria and northern Iraq since the bomb attack.

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