(CNN) -- A bombing in eastern Turkey on Monday killed nine soldiers and wounded two others, the state news agency said, citing a provincial governor's office.
A mine exploded near a bridge in the town of Kemah, in Erzincan province, when a military vehicle was going by, according to the Anadolu news agency. It cited the Erzincan provincial governor's office.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but Turkish officials suspect the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Turkish troops and PKK guerrillas have been fighting since the 1980s.
A map highlighting the Erzincan Province 
At least nine Turkish soldiers were killed and two others injured after their military vehicle ran over a roadside bomb near a bridge in Kemah, Turkey. Originally, eight were reported dead, but one of the injured later died at a local hospital.

Governor Ali Gungor of the Erzincan Province has stated that after the explosion, the vehicle was attacked. ''Reuters'' states that militants with the Kurdistan Workers' Party were responsible for the attack and that military personnel were searching for more attackers.

The attack occurred in an area where Turkey has been frequently fighting militants of the PKK. Recently, the Turkish military launched airstrikes in Iraq in an attempt to disable the group. Turkey has been fighting militants of the PKK since 1984.