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SURUC, Turkey – A mortar that crashed into a house on Turkish territory just a few kilometers from a border area inside Syria where Kurdish fighters are battling Islamic State (IS) jihadists wounded 5 people on Sunday, October 5, medical sources said.
The mortar, whose origin was not immediately clear, smashed into the house two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Syria border outside the town of Suruc, medical sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
They said none of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening.
Mortars have on occasion hit Turkish territory over the last days amid the fighting for the Syrian town of Kobane, leaving several people wounded. Turkish forces are deployed on the border but not taking part in the fighting. – Rappler.com
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