Kurds Clash with police in Turkish Border Town

Kurds Clash with police in Turkish Border Town
Fri Aug 7, 2015 16:00:27

Two people killed as Turkish security forces move into Kurdish-majority town of Silopi, district of Sirnak near the border with Iraq and Syria, Al-Alam News Network reports.

Two people have been killed in fresh clashes between Turkish police and Kurdish rebel supporters in the restive Kurdish-majority southeast, the local mayor said on Friday.

At least 10 people were also injured in the shooting that erupted overnight in the Silopi district of Sirnak near the border with Iraq and Syria, Silopi mayor Seyfettin Aydemir told AFP.

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