Two Injured in Turkey by Syrian Shelling
Two people were injured in southern Turkey on Sunday when a shell fired in Syria landed on the other side of the border, a Turkish news agency reported.
The incident happened in a rural area near the village of Yayladadi, according to a report by the Dogan agency.
The two villagers were injured when the shell fell near a tractor, it said.
Turkey normally responds when shrapnel or shells fired by government forces or rebel groups in Syria land on its soil.
Earlier this month it fired artillery after shrapnel from Syrian shells reached its side of the border.
On March 23 the Turkish airforce shot down a Syrian fighter jet that it said had crossed into its airspace.
Turkey has sided with rebels opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad during the three-year Syrian conflict and is hosting close to 900,000 refugees who have fled the fighting.
Source: Agence France Presse
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