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Five people were killed and at least 13 were wounded Oct. 3, when at least three Syrian shells hit the Akçakale district of in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.
An urgent meeting was immediately set up between Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Foreign Ministry bureaucrats following the incident. Davutoğlu also spoke to the U.N.s special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, in order to give the information.
Akçakale Mayor Abdülhakim Ayhan said the districts inhabitants were staging an uprising after the incident, as it was the final straw for them. A number of Akçakale residents marched to the District Governors Office in order to protest the incidents, and the governor left his office in an armored vehicle, according to daily Hürriyet.
Five people, including four children and a woman were killed. Two of the wounded were policemen, reports said. All the wounded were transferred to hospitals.
Ayhan said the area had been living in fear for last 10 days, and that another bomb had exploded in the town yesterday morning. Justice and Development Party (AKP) Şanlıurfa Deputy Halil Özcan also said the residents of Akçakale had been living in fear for the last 15 days.
At least three shells hit three different points in Akçakale, another Turkish official said. More serious steps could be taken by the Turkish government in order to protect its citizens after these events, he added.
A correspondent in the region said the shell must have belonged to the Syrian army, as the Syrian rebels had no such weapons.
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu has also called the General Staff and the Şanlıurfa Governor in order to get more information about the incident.
There have been heavy clashes between the Syrian army forces and the rebels for the last 20 days on the Turkish border with Syria.
Turkey previously sent a diplomatic note to Syria over the mortar bomb that hit the southeastern province of Akçakale on Sept. 28.
"No one should doubt Turkey's defense capabilities," Davutoğlu said following the mortar bombs hitting of Akçakale on Sept. 29.
LOCAL - Three killed as Syrian shell strikes Turkish town
An urgent meeting was immediately set up between Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Foreign Ministry bureaucrats following the incident. Davutoğlu also spoke to the U.N.s special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, in order to give the information.
Akçakale Mayor Abdülhakim Ayhan said the districts inhabitants were staging an uprising after the incident, as it was the final straw for them. A number of Akçakale residents marched to the District Governors Office in order to protest the incidents, and the governor left his office in an armored vehicle, according to daily Hürriyet.
Five people, including four children and a woman were killed. Two of the wounded were policemen, reports said. All the wounded were transferred to hospitals.
Ayhan said the area had been living in fear for last 10 days, and that another bomb had exploded in the town yesterday morning. Justice and Development Party (AKP) Şanlıurfa Deputy Halil Özcan also said the residents of Akçakale had been living in fear for the last 15 days.
At least three shells hit three different points in Akçakale, another Turkish official said. More serious steps could be taken by the Turkish government in order to protect its citizens after these events, he added.
A correspondent in the region said the shell must have belonged to the Syrian army, as the Syrian rebels had no such weapons.
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu has also called the General Staff and the Şanlıurfa Governor in order to get more information about the incident.
There have been heavy clashes between the Syrian army forces and the rebels for the last 20 days on the Turkish border with Syria.
Turkey previously sent a diplomatic note to Syria over the mortar bomb that hit the southeastern province of Akçakale on Sept. 28.
"No one should doubt Turkey's defense capabilities," Davutoğlu said following the mortar bombs hitting of Akçakale on Sept. 29.
LOCAL - Three killed as Syrian shell strikes Turkish town
