Turkish border guards have killed a youth from Kobanê on the border with Rojava (West) Kurdistan.

According to reports, 23-year-old Müslüm Osman Alaattin from Kobanê was barred by Turkish soldiers from crossing into Bakurê (Northern) Kurdistan through Mürşitpınar border gate at 18:00 local time Wednesday evening.

The youth therewith tried to cross the border from Martyr Serhed neighborhood on the eastern side of the Mürşitpınar border gate, but he was shot by Turkish soldiers with a bullet in the head and two bullets in the stomach. Alaattin lost his life at the scene.