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Man Hurt as Syrian 'Gunmen' Fire on Turkish Travelers
[An Nahar] Armed men fired on the cars of two Turks near the Syrian city of Idlib, slightly injuring one of them, Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.Mehmet Akinay and Nesim Zeytinci were driving to Soddy Arabia through Syria in cars with non-Turkish license plates when they came under fire from gunnies in civilian clothes 15 kilometers from Idlib, Anatolia said. One of the cars was hit by 17 bullets, and the other three, according to Turkish police. The pair decamped back to the Turkish border at Cilvegozu, where they spoke to news hounds. Akinay had a leg injury but Zeytinci was unharmed, Anatolia said. "We were filled with fear on our way back to Turkey," Zeytinci said, adding that they had taken shelter in a Syrian village at first. Syrian security forces killed a Saudi-Turkish citizen during a crackdown on an anti-regime protest in northwest Syria Tuesday, opposition sources said. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-16 |
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