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(NSFW) PKK Militants Toss Hand Grenades into Turkish Soldier's Fighting Position
Published 3 years ago
Video taken from a camera mounted to a PKK fighter captures the dramatic moment they attack a Turkish listening post with hand grenades from point-blank range.
Members of the PKK sneak up onto a Turkish listening post high in the mountains. When they close the distance fully, they initiate their ambush by popping directly over the sides of the fighting position and tossing hand grenades in with the Turkish soldier. After detonation, they unload on the injured Turkish Soldier and retreat before reinforcements can arrive to harass them during their escape.
Unfortunately for the Turkish Soldier manning this position, his attention was called away from his sector of fire just long enough for these guys to move in on him. Not only is his listening post rather exposed, he appears to be far enough away from help that no one is able to get to him in time to stop the PKK fighters from finishing him off. It's a tough situation all around, and a constant reminder that in an armed conflict, it only takes a few seconds for your life to end or change forever. Had another Soldier been in this position with him, things may have turned out differently.
