A Turkish town on the Syrian border was on Wednesday hit by new rocket fire from Syria, a day after two people were killed by shelling from a Takfiri-controlled area
A Turkish town on the Syrian border was on Wednesday hit by new rocket fire from Syria, a day after two people were killed by shelling from a Takfiri-controlled area, an official said.
Kilis, which lies just a few kilometers from the border with Syria, has been hit by fire from Katyusha-type rockets every day this week amid growing concern over its vulnerability.
"Four more rockets slammed into the Turkish border town today (Wednesday), with the projectiles landing in separate spots," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The latest rocket fire caused no injuries, according to the official.
On Tuesday morning, eight people were wounded when rockets fired from an area in Syria controlled by ISIL Takfiris crashed into the centre of Kilis.
One of the wounded died later in the day and another overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, Dogan said.
Turkey's top general Hulusi Ankar and its powerful intelligence chief Hakan Fidan were both in the town Wednesday to investigate the situation, the government said.
"Unfortunately very fierce clashes are taking place just beside our borders," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a speech in Ankara.
"We are in a determined struggle to protect our citizens from this circle of fire," he added.
The Turkish premier vowed that the government would keep on fighting against all "evil centers" and warned those who dare to carry out the attacks would pay "the heaviest price."
Dozens of people had rallied in the centre of Kilis on Tuesday to call for greater security measures against the shelling, Turkish media reports said.
Kilis, a town of just under 100,000, is the only major urban centre in Turkey which now has a majority of Syrians after the influx of refugees from the civil war.
Davutoglu said Turkey's armed forces had responded on Tuesday by launching artillery strikes of its own against ISIL positions in Syria.
