ANKARA - A landmine explosion hit a convoy of Turkish trucks in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing one driver and leaving five others injured, Turkey's NTV news channel reported.
Foreign ministry spokesman Levent Bilman confirmed the convoy, transporting construction material from Turkey to neighbouring Iraq, ran into a landmine, but said Turkish authorities were still trying to clarify the casualties.
The incident occurred early on Saturday on a road linking the northern Iraqi cities of Dohuk and Mosul, NTV said, citing local sources.
More than 100 Turks, mostly truck drivers shipping goods, have been killed in mine attacks or by hostage-takers in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003. Such deadly incidents have become less frequent in the past two years.
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12/29/2007 17:02 GMT