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Up to eight civilians were killed and 35 were wounded in alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the city of Nusaybin, Mardin, as reported by several local sources.
@op_shield initially reported five killed, but all other sources noted the death of eight civilians. According to CNN Turkey, the governor of Nusaybin, a Kurdish majority city, released a statement in which he blamed the YPG and/or PKK for shooting mortar and rocket projectiles into the city.
HASAKHNNEWS reported on Facebook that the shelling on Nusaybin came from YGP militias in the Syrian city of Qamlishi.
The wounded were treated in the Nusaybin and Mardin state hospitals, according to CNN Turkey.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the city of Nusaybin, for which the generic coordinates are: 37.07748, 41.216555. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via @op_shield).
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via @ragipsoylu).
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via @ragipsoylu).
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via CNN Turkey).
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via CNN Turkey).
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via CNN Turkey).
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Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via @aa_arabic). -
Aftermath of alleged SDF/YPG or PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019 (via @aa_arabic).
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Mehmet Sirin Demir, who was killed in alleged YPG/PKK artillery strikes on the Turkish city of Nusaybin on October 11th 2019. Here pictured with his daughter, journalist Gülay Demir (via @eha_news).