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(Previous Incident Code: YS040 )
At least two civilians – reportedly children – were reported killed, and up to three others injured in an alleged YPG artillery attack on Suruç in Turkey on October 11th, 2019, according to media sources.
According to CNN Turk, a mortar hit a house in Suruç and as a result, three people lost their lives and one person was injured. Additionally, three mortar rounds fell into the empty land in the district. @aa _arabic later also reported 3 killed.
@haskologlu said that two children died, while @FakhreddinPasa put the number at three.
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Reports of the incident mention the district of Suruç (سروج ), in Şanlıurfa (الرها،) province. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Suruç are: 36.97537, 38.424276.