Kilis is the only town in Turkey where refugees from Syria’s five-year civil war now outnumber local residents.
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It was not immediately clear how the other tw victims had lost their lives.
Two people were killed in Kilis last week by IS rocket fire from Syria, prompting protests in the town over the lack of security.
“What they needed is kindness”, Abdulgani Sevang of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Association, which had been helping the families, told Anatolia.The Turkish foreign ministry, however, said the allegations had “nothing to do with the reality”, adding that Turkey was hosting nearly three million Syrians who have fled the civil war in their country.”These are coming from the Daesh area in Syria”. On Monday four people were killed when five rockets landed in the town.
No casualties were reported, and the Turkish Army responded with artillery fire across the border within the rules of engagement.
Kilis is a town located just north of the Syrian border, some 10 kilometers from the Syrian town of Azaz.
Separately, Dogan reported that the Turkish military fired artillery into Syria after a mortar round landed near an army outpost in the southern province of Hatay. The minister said 362 ISIL militants had been killed in cross-border fire.
Turkey is suspected of being one of the main supporters of the militant groups operating in Syria, with reports saying that Ankara actively trains and arms the Takfiri elements there and facilitates their safe passage into Syria. “From now on, the coalition could be asked to hit those moving targets preemptively, this is something we are thinking about”.
Hospital sources said four people had died and eight others were wounded.
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“Everyone must be sure they are completely destroyed by the armed forces”. Kilis Governorate said in a statement that the dead were all children.
