TURKEY: Three people are killed and at least nine others injured when a mortar bomb from Syria lands in the Turkish border town of Akcakale

Record ID: 281448

  • Title: TURKEY: Three people are killed and at least nine others injured when a mortar bomb from Syria lands in the Turkish border town of Akcakale
  • Date: 4th October 2012
  • Summary: AKCAKALE, TURKEY (OCTOBER 3, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF INJURED MAN BEING HELPED AND CARRIED AWAY INJURED POLICEMEN LYING ON GROUND AMBULANCE ARRIVING MEDIC TENDING TO INJURED POLICEMAN PEOPLE CROWDING AROUND, AMBULANCE AND POLICE VEHICLE AT SCENE AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 19th October 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA3YSSPVLKUSKFLXKJW5UQJ4QX1
  • Story Text: Three people including a child were killed and at least nine others seriously wounded when a mortar bomb fired from Syria hit Turkey's southeastern border region of Akcakale on Wednesday (October 3), the mayor told CNN Turk television.
    A Reuters witness saw at least eight seriously wounded people being taken to hospital, three of them police officers. Television footage showed a cloud of smoke and dust rising up as residents ran to help the wounded.
    The conflict in neighboring Syria has affected border areas in the past when stray bullets have flown into Turkish territory. A mortar bomb fired from Syria damaged homes and workplaces in Akcakale last Friday but there were no deaths.
    In April, Turkey officially reported an incident to the United Nations in which at least five people, including two Turkish officials, were wounded when cross-border gunfire hit a Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, further west along the frontier.
    Turkey beefed up its troop presence and air defences along its 900-km border after Syria shot down a Turkish reconnaissance jet in June.
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