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Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Official: Mortar fire from Syria kills at least 3 in Turkey - World News

Official: Mortar fire from Syria kills at least 3 in Turkey

Rauf Maltas / ANA via AFP - Getty Images

AKCAKALE, Turkey – At least three people, including a child, were killed and nine others seriously wounded after mortar fire from Syria hit a town in Turkey Wednesday, an official told Turkish media.

A Reuters witness saw at least eight seriously wounded people being taken to hospital, three of them police officers, after explosions in the town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province.

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