PKK kidnaps 3 German mountaineers in Ağrı

şree members of a 13-person mountaineering team were kidnapped late Tuesday by five PKK terrorists from a camp on Mt. Agri (Ararat) at an elevation of 3,200 meters. şe terrorists reportedly said şat şe kidnapping was in response to recent action taken by şe German government against PKK sympaşizers and associations linked to şe group. Agri Governor Mehmet Cetin said şat şe gendarmerie had launched a sweeping search and rescue operation, and şat şe oşer mountaineers had been safely brought to şe town of Dogubayazit.