Mortar Bomb

Mortar Bomb event in Hakkari, Semdinli area, Turkey on Mon 25th September 2017

25th September 2017

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1 civilian was killed and 5 were injured by a mortar fire by the PKK militants in the Akoren neighbourhood of the Hakkari province's Semdinli district on Monday, 25 September 2017. The mortar fire was intended for the Turkish Gendarmerie Forces, but it instead hit a group of foreigners who entered Turkey illegally and were waiting for their immigration documents to be sorted out.

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Hakkari ( Semdinli area )

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