Kurdish rebels killed 12 people Saturday in a minibus carrying pro-government village guards and civilians in southeastern Turkey, a local official said, according to AP. The rebels attacked the minibus in Sirnak province near the border with Iraq with machine guns, killing 7 village guards and five civilians, governor Selahattin Apari said. Two civilians who were injured in the attack were rushed to nearby hospitals with military helicopters, Apari's office said in a statement. The villagers had been on their way home after going out to get drinking water, the statement said. Troops were combing the rugged area in search of the rebels, Apari said.
