8 civilians killed, 14 injured in suspected YPG attack in Syria's Afrin
[DAILYSABAH] Eight non-combatants were killed and 14 others were maimed in a suspected terrorist attack by the PKK-linked People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin near the Ottoman Turkish border, reports said on Thursday.
The explosion was caused by a bomb-laden vehicle, which went kaboom! in the city’s vegetable market at 7 a.m. local time, reports said.
The injured civilians, including two children, were immediately rushed to the hospital.
A fire also broke out at the market, reports added.
YPG faceless myrmidons occasionally carry out such attacks targeting civilians.
Posted by: Fred 2019-11-01 |