Kurds rage as Turkish police flee scene of fatal crash
Police officers crashed into a home in Kurdish town, killing two children, and furious residents are demanding an end to security forces' impunity.
![AFP_6O1ZG Turkish special forces shoot with machine gun in Sirnak on December 22, 2015 during security operations against Kurdish rebels in the southeastern Turkey cities of Cizre and Silopi.
The Turkish army on December 21 engaged in intense clashes with Kurdish militants as the military pressed on with one of its biggest recent domestic operations and controversial curfew orders were expanded to a new area in the Kurdish-dominated southeast. The number of Kurdish rebels killed in a massive Turkish military offensiv](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/05/GettyImages-502241494.jpg/GettyImages-502241494.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=FITVLZ4z)
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