Five injured in Turkish attack on Tel Rifat

In the town of Tel Rifat in the northern Syrian region of Shehba, five people were injured in an artillery attack by Turkish and jihadist occupation forces. According to initial reports, four of the injured are children. Nine-year-old Sîpan Mistefa Bekir suffered a head injury and eight-year-old Ibrahim Mihemed Ebdo was seriously injured in the leg. The five wounded are being treated at Til Rifat hospital.

The attack on Til Rifat took place during protests marking the anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s abduction to Turkey on 15 February 1999. Drones were observed over the region.