ANKARA, Oct 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Up to four civilians, including a child, were killed and 70 injured, in Turkish border towns, by mortars and rockets fired from Syria, local officials said.
“A nine-month old Syrian national and a civil servant working at the local tax office have been killed” in mortar and rocket fire that hit border towns of Akcakale and Ceylanpinar, a statement of the governor’s office of the southeastern province of Sanliurfa said.
The statement added that, 46 civilians were injured in these attacks by the Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the main target of a Turkish operation, launched in northeastern Syria.
The governor’s office of the neighbouring province of Mardin, said that, two civilians were killed and 24 people injured in the Nusaybin district, located near the Syrian border.
Ankara considers the YPG as the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
