Peoples’ United Revolution Movement (HBDH) Joint Command announced that 4 special operations forces were killed during an action in Dersim’s Ovacık district.

In its statement, the HBDH stated that its guerillas carried out an action against special operations units near the Kalik Kuşağı region of Dersim’s Ovacık district around 14:00 on May 26, and 4 soldiers died during this action.

HBDH noted that the Turkish military retrieved the bodies of these 4 soldiers with Skorsky-type helicopters 45 minutes after the action, and said that its guerillas carried out the action in memory of Sinan and Rıza comrades that fell as martyrs on May 6.