Fatal ammunition blast in Turkey

An explosion of ammunition in south-eastern Turkey has killed four soldiers and injured several more, reports say.

The blast happened on Monday night at a military post in the town of Yuksekova in Hakkari province, near the border with Iraq, the newspaper Hurriyet said.

Several reports suggested the explosion had been accidental.

Turkish troops stationed in the region have been fighting the separatist rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which wants an independent Kurdish state.

More than 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK launched an armed struggle against the Turkish government in 1984.