Cross-border gunfire: Syrian bullets hurt 3 in Turkey

BEIRUT?? Two Syrian refugees and a Turkish translator were wounded on Monday when a refugee camp in southern Turkey came under fire from the Syrian side of the border, an official said.

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"After this incident the Syrian Charge d'Affaires in Ankara was called and we demanded an end to this,'' a Turkish foreign ministry official told Reuters.

Al-Jazeera TV reported that it was unclear whether the gunfire was intentionally directed into Turkey or whether the three people had been wounded by stray bullets.

The incident occurred at the Kilis border refugee camp in Turkey's southern Gaziantep province.

According to Al-Jazeera, bullet-holes were seen at four homes at the camp.

Meanwhile, Syrian rebels killed at least six members of the Syrian security forces and customs officials in fierce clashes near the border with Turkey, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.

It said the fighting took place in the village of Salama, close to a border crossing between Kilis and the Syrian town of Azaz. Eight rebel gunmen were wounded in the clash, the British-based Observatory said.

Uprising
Around 10 miles to the south, government forces bombarded the town of Tall Rifaat, the Observatory said, adding that there were reports that dozens of people had been killed or wounded, but it had no immediate details.

President Bashar Assad has been trying to crush an uprising against his rule which erupted a year ago. The United Nations says his forces have killed 9,000 people while Syrian authorities, who blame foreign-backed militants for the violence, say 2,500 soldiers and police have been killed.

The Syrian government said on Sunday it wanted written guarantees that insurgents would stop fighting before it pulls back its troops under the terms of a U.N. peace plan which called for all sides in Syria to cease-fire by Thursday.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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