Security sources told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency news agency that six village guards were killed, three others were injured, and four soldiers were injured.
Ibrahim Kalin, the Turkish presidential spokesperson, blamed "terrorists" for the attack on Twitter, but did not disclose the numbers. He expressed his condolences, saying such attacks will not divide Turkey.
Siirt Governor Ali Fuat Atik told reporters the attack took place in the early hours of the morning, adding an unspecified number of soldiers were killed and injured.
Village guards are local forces hired by Ankara.
Anadolu also reported that three PKK guerillas were killed in Diyarbakir and six Turkish soldiers were injured.
PKK attacked a Turkish Army bus in Amed (Diyarbakir) in Turkish Kurdistan, Anadolu reported on Thursday.
Since the breakdown of a two-and-a-half year ceasefire in Turkey in July 2015, at least 3,386 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and the PKK, according to data from the International Crisis Group last compiled on March 16. Of those, ICG has confirmed 438 civilians were killed and 219 youth (age 16-35), who cannot be positively identified as civilians or PKK youth militias, have been killed in curfew zones.
