One Turkish soldier has been killed and at least one more wounded in the Kilis border region by gunfire which came from the Syrian side of the border, Turkish media say.
The Turkish Anadolu news agency reported the incident on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Dogan news agency said the gunfire came from an area controlled by the Daesh group in neighboring Syria.
Earlier in the day, a Turkish police officer was shot dead and another seriously injured by gunmen in the country’s predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir following a similar incident a day earlier.
The deadly attack took place on Thursday as the police officers were conducting a routine traffic check in the southeastern city in Diyarbakir Province, just a day after two other police officers were found shot dead in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa.
The Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the killing of two Turkish police officers, saying they were cooperating with Daesh operating in neighboring Syria.
Meanwhile, other reports said earlier in the day that another militant group, allied to the PKK, shot dead in Istanbul an alleged member of the militant who had fought in Syria.
The reports come amid growing tensions in Turkey following Monday’s terrorist bombing in the town of Suruc on the border with Syria that killed 32. The incident was reportedly claimed by Daesh.
