ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Two civilians were killed and three other injured on Thursday when Turkish forces shelled Syria’s Kurdish city of Qamishli. Among those killed in the bombardment was an 11-year-old boy.
Turkey has continued to shell towns and villages along its shared border with Syria as part of Operation Peace Spring, which began Wednesday.
The 11-year-old boy, named by the Red Crescent Society as Mohammed Yousef, was killed in Turkish shelling in the Qudurbag area of eastern Qamishli on Thursday, neighbours told Rudaw’s reporter at the scene.
Mohammed’s eight-year-old sister, named by the Red Crescent Society as Sara Yousef, was badly injured in the attack, losing her right leg.
The children’s mother was also injured in the attack.
Neighbors said another unnamed woman was killed near their home while returning from the market. Her son, Ahmed Abdullah, 35, was also injured.
