Stray bullets from Syria kill two in Turkish border town


  • World
  • Thursday, 18 Jul 2013

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A man and a 15-year-old boy were killed by stray bullets shot from Syria into a Turkish border town, officials said on Wednesday. Turkish troops returned fire, in the most serious spillover of violence in weeks.

The Turkish military said it acted in accordance with its rules of engagement after bullets fired from the adjacent Syrian town of Ras al-Ain hit police headquarters in the south-eastern Turkish town of Ceylanpinar and houses in the town's centre.

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