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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkish troops kill two villagers by mistake | |
| 2010-06-29 | |
ISTANBUL - Turkish soldiers shot dead two villagers gathering herbs in southern Turkey after mistaking them for militants, the state-run Anatolian news agency reported on Monday.
The villagers were collecting thyme when security forces opened fire at Hassa in Hatay province near the border with Syria, the agency said without specifying when the incident took place. Another villager was wounded. “We are very sad and regretful at this incident,' Hatay Governor Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz was quoted as saying. The nearby Mediterranean port of Iskenderun was the scene of a PKK rocket attack which killed six soldiers at the end of May. Since then Kurdish separatists have launched attacks on a military post in southeastern Turkey and on a bus carrying military personnel in Istanbul. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 International condemnation in 5..4..3 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-06-29 00:09 |