A group of the outlawed PKK militants kidnapped seven villagers in Şırnak Uludere, southeastern Turkey, IHA news agency reported on Sunday.The PKK kidnapped seven people, including five from the same family who were collecting firewood in the forest of Şenoba- Uludere in the Şırnak province, the report said. Security forces had launched a major search operation in the region after relatives reported that they were lost.
Two workers, who were kidnapped by the PKK at the Tunceli-Erzincan highway on Monday last week, were released on June 20, in Tunceli.