ANKARA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) launched a rocket attack against a police lodging in southeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday.

    A total of five people were wounded during the attack in Yuksekova town of Hakkari province in the far southeast corner of Turkey late Friday, Governor of Hakkari Ayhan Nasuhbeyoglu was quoted as saying.

    The wounded were taken to hospital for medical treatment, Nasuhbeyoglu said.

    Meanwhile, one PKK member, who refused to lay down arms, was killed during an operation against the PKK in a rural area near Yayladere town of eastern Bingol province on Saturday, Anatolia reported.

    The report said operations are underway to catch four other wounded PKK militants.

    The PKK, listed by the United States and Turkey as a terrorist group, took up arms against Turkey in 1984 with the aim of creating an ethnic homeland in the southeast. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the over-two-decade conflict.