Two soldiers were killed in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday when a mine exploded in the latest attack on security forces blamed on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the army said.

Two soldiers were killed in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday when a mine exploded in the latest attack on security forces blamed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the army said.

Kurdish fighters detonated a remote-controlled mine as a military convoy passed by in the Arakoy region of Sirnak province bordering Iraq and Syria, it said.

The explosion triggered clashes between Turkish soldiers and PKK rebels, it added.

Initial reports said the death toll rose to three after one victim died in hospital but this was later denied by official sources.

The army said two soldiers had died and one soldier and one village guard was wounded in the attack by the PKK.