Turkish army opens fire on Serekaniye

Turkish army opens fire on Serekaniye

Turkish  Armed Forces (TSK) Chief of the General Staff announced on its official website that Turkish military has opened fire on Serekaniye from the Cenkeser border post Wednesday afternoon in line with the rules of engagement.

Chief of the General Staff said that four houses and the police headquarters in Ceylanpınar have been hit by the bullets fired from the area of clashes going on in Serekaniye since last night. It said that Nezir Atilla, the head of Ceylanpınar's Cumhuriyet neighborhood, has been slightly injured by a bullet, and that he is not facing a critical situation.

Not giving any information about the fact that the citizens in Ceylanpınar were hit by bullets fired from the area of the Al Nusra Front, the General Staff remarked that TSK is opening fire on the area dominated by YPG (People's Defense Units) members.

Members of an armed group have also launched an artillery attack on Serekaniye from Tel Xelef today afternoon.

A delegation of BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) deputies will go to Ceylanpınar in the evening to make examinations in the district where local people are staging a march in solidarity with YPG units. Police and soldiers have surrounded the district with armored vehicles, having already intervened demonstrators with riot control vehicles and pressure water.