Monitoring Group Accuses Turkish Border Guards of Killing 163 Syrian Refugees

A monitoring group Tuesday alleged at least 163 Syrians fleeing their war-torn country have been slain by Turkish border guards since the start of 2016.


The accusation is the latest in a series stretching back more than a year of border guards firing on war refugees as they sought sanctuary in Turkey.

The London-based "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" (SOHR), which has a network of activists on the ground inside Syria, says 31 children and 15 women were among those killed by Turkish gendarmes as they attempted to cross into Turkey.
 [voanews.com]
6/12/16
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