Methane gas killed 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq

According to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, twelve Turkish soldiers died after being subjected to methane gas while searching for a cave in Iraq.

At least 19 staff taken to the hospital during the search and immediately was taken to hospital immediately.

According to the ministry, 12 soldiers were killed on Monday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he received his news with “great sadness” and expressed his condolences to the soldiers and the Turkish Armed Forces.

Methane gas is not directly toxic, but may be fatal because it can be drowned, especially in tight, closed spaces.

Wounded soldiers were looking for a soldier’s body in May 2022 – operation claw locked in Turkey’s militants, air attacks, as well as air attacks on the cave.

The terrorist group in Turkey is prohibited as a terrorist group of EU, England and the United States, there are 40 years of rebel against Turkey.

When he started fighting with Turkey in the 1980s, the group’s initial purpose was to create an independent house for the Kurds. Then he moved away from separatist goals by more autonomy and larger Kurdish rights.

More than 40,000 people were killed in the conflict in the last four decades.

PKK in March announced the ceasefire In May, he said, “he said,” he said, “that he has completed his historical mission” and “will end the method of armed.”

In the first important step against peace since the announcement, the PKK said the Iraqi Kurdistan will throw weapons this week.