Blast hits health centre near Syria border, several wounded: Turkish official

Some local media reports say two people were killed


Reuters January 18, 2016
PHOTO: REUTERS

ISTANBUL: Several people were wounded on Monday after an explosion rocked a health centre near a school in Turkey's southeastern border province of Kilis, a government official said, while some local media reports said two people were killed.

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The authorities were investigating whether the blast was caused by a mortar shell from Syria, the official told Reuters.

Turkey's Haberturk newspaper said two people were killed and two wounded after the blast and that it was caused by a shell fired from Syria landing in a school garden.

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