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4 projectiles from Syria kill 4, injure 6 in Turkey (UPDATE)

Türkiye Materials 18 April 2016 23:12 (UTC +04:00)
Three refugee children were among four killed by rockets fired at a Turkish border town from Syria on Monday.
4 projectiles from Syria kill 4, injure 6 in Turkey (UPDATE)

Details added (first version posted 20:12)

Three refugee children were among four killed by rockets fired at a Turkish border town from Syria on Monday.

The attack, which injured six others, was the latest to hit Kilis, which lies less than 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Syrian territory controlled by Daesh (IS).

Kilis Governor Suleyman Tapsiz told reporters the children were from the same family. The fourth fatality was identified as a 53-year-old Syrian shepherd.

Speaking during a visit to the hospital where the casualties were being treated, Tapsiz said five of the injured were Syrian nationals and the other was a 13-year-old Turkish boy.

One of the wounded was described as being in a critical condition.

"With this occasion, I wish God's mercy upon our deceased brothers and sisters and recovery for the injured," Tapsiz said. He added that the Turkish military had responded to the firing of the four rockets.

One rocket hit the roof of a house in Kilis' Hakverdi neighborhood while another fell in a rural area close to a school in the Yavuz Sultan Selim district. The school was evacuated for security reasons.

Almost an hour before that incident, two other rockets hit an olive garden and the oxygen depot of Kilis State Hospital.

Kilis province has been hit by a number of rockets fired from Syria in recent months. Four people were killed in January and March when rockets fired from the Bab region of Syria hit a school and a residential area. Last week, two civilians were killed by rocket fire.

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