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(Previous Incident Code: YS034)
Between two and four civilians, including a baby, were reportedly killed and 17 civilians were injured in a rocket and mortar attack on the Turkish border town of Akçakale, Şanlıurfa on October 10th, 2019, according to local media sources. Conflicting reports blame the SDF, YPG or the PKK for the incident.
According to @ragipsoylu, the attack targeted residential areas on the Turkish towns bordering Syria. Haber Sanliurfa news reported that one victim is the 9-month-old Syrian child Mohammad Omar. The Turkish tax office officer Cihan Güneş was also killed.
@barispinariOP reported on Twitter that the Akçakale district governor has put the death toll at 3. @zekibahce reported 4 killed.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Akçakale, for which the generic coordinates are: 36.713342, 38.947620. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.