Sunday, June 19, 2016

Turkish troops kill 11 Syrians trying to cross border: At least two women and four children were among those killed

AMMAN (Reuters) – Turkish border guards shot dead at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, as they tried to cross into Turkey from northwestern Syria, activists and a monitoring group said on Sunday.

At least two women and four children were among those killed in the shootings overnight as the refugees sought to cross into Turkey from the border village of Khirbet al Jouz, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Several activists in the area backed up the report.

The monitor, which tracks violence across Syria, said it had documented the deaths of nearly sixty civilians while trying to flee from Syria since the start of the year in shooting incidents by Turkish border guards.

Turkish military officials denied the reports...
 [kurdishdailynews.org]
19/6/16

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  1. Turkish border guards fire on fleeing Syrians killing 8: monitor...

    Eight displaced Syrians, including four children, were killed by Turkish border guards while trying to flee their war-torn country Sunday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

    The National Coalition umbrella opposition group -- based in Istanbul and backed by Turkey -- gave a higher toll of 11 killed and condemned the "terrible tragedy."

    Turkey has repeatedly denied accusations of its security forces firing on Syrians trying to cross the frontier, which has been closed for several months.

    But the Observatory has recorded numerous incidents this year, and said Sunday's toll was among the highest.

    The Britain-based Observatory said the group of eight had been displaced by fighting around the northern Syrian town of Manbij, held by the Islamic State group and under attack by US-backed forces.

    They fled northwest towards Idlib province and the border, but were killed "when Turkish border guards opened fire on them as they tried to cross into Turkey," said the Observatory.

    It said that four of those killed were children, adding that eight people were wounded, some of them critically....http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/117253-160619-turkish-border-guards-fire-on-fleeing-syrians-kiling-8-monitor

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