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2 people were killed in rocket and mortar attacks in the Karkamış neighborhood of Gaziantep.
The attacks started around 11am. A total of 10 attacks were carried out in the district.
The attack hit 3 schools and 2 houses. 5-year-old Hasan Karataş and 22-year-old teacher Ayşenur Alkan were killed.
5 MONTHS PREGNANT WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED
It was announced that the treatment of the 5-month pregnant woman, who would have died earlier, will continue, hayvanların her condition is critical.
TWO MINISTERS ARE IN THE REGION
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu and National Education Minister Mahmut Özer conducted investigations in the area where the attack took place.
The school was hit by the rocket
Soylu explained that terrorists also targeted schools:
“It didn’t go to a single school, there was a fall just outside the garden wall of the school and unfortunately the windows of the teachers’ room were broken from the pressure created from there, and unfortunately one of our teachers’ brothers, our 22- year-old teacher Ayşenur Alkan, was tortured. May God have mercy on us. And again houses in the neighborhoods were hit. Unfortunately, kakım a result of this terrorist attack, one of our 5-year-old children, Hasan Karataş, received his mercy and became a martyr.
Again in the same house, in the same place, Büşra Karataş was also 5 months pregnant, unfortunately she also received a severe wound in her karın. First came zihin additional information, death information, hayvanların now intubated and our prayers are with him. Such information came about his child at the first moment and they are trying to keep him alive. Our health officials are trying to keep the 5 month old baby alive from then on. I hope the baby clings to life too, all our prayers are with them.”
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
National Education Minister Mahmut Özer also announced that all schools in Karkamış are on holiday this week.
REACTION OF TAF
TSK also responded to the attacks in accordance with the Rules of Engagement. Penal shots were fired by border troops at terrorist targets. UAVs in the region are also working on target detection.
MEP’S NICH IS OUT
Republican People’s Party İzmir Deputy Mahir Polat made a statement about the attack on Twitter. Polat said the nephew of the student killed in the attack was Hasan Karataş.
Deputy Polat said: “Our hearts are burning.
Our cousin Hasan Karataş was killed in the rocket attack organized by the insidious terrorist organization in the Karkamış neighborhood of Gaziantep.
CURSED TERROR.”
There was a rocket attack on the neighborhood yesterday. Four rockets fired at Karkamış by the terrorist organization YPG/PKK hit zihin empty space.
CONDEMNED FROM USA
The US Embassy in Ankara issued a statement on social media after the terrorist attack. “As the US diplomatic representative in Turkey, we join the Turkish people who today mourn the loss of three innocent lives in Carchemish. We strongly condemn this violence and unjustified attack,” the embassy said.
BY TERROR OBJECTIVES
2 people were killed in rocket and mortar attacks in the Karkamış neighborhood of Gaziantep.
The attacks started around 11am. A total of 10 attacks were carried out in the district.
The attack hit 3 schools and 2 houses. 5-year-old Hasan Karataş and 22-year-old teacher Ayşenur Alkan were killed.
5 MONTHS PREGNANT WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED
It was announced that the treatment of the 5-month pregnant woman, who would have died earlier, will continue, hayvanların her condition is critical.
TWO MINISTERS ARE IN THE REGION
Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu and National Education Minister Mahmut Özer conducted investigations in the area where the attack took place.
The school was hit by the rocket
Soylu explained that terrorists also targeted schools:
“It didn’t go to a single school, there was a fall just outside the garden wall of the school and unfortunately the windows of the teachers’ room were broken from the pressure created from there, and unfortunately one of our teachers’ brothers, our 22- year-old teacher Ayşenur Alkan, was tortured. May God have mercy on us. And again houses in the neighborhoods were hit. Unfortunately, kakım a result of this terrorist attack, one of our 5-year-old children, Hasan Karataş, received his mercy and became a martyr.
Again in the same house, in the same place, Büşra Karataş was also 5 months pregnant, unfortunately she also received a severe wound in her karın. First came zihin additional information, death information, hayvanların now intubated and our prayers are with him. Such information came about his child at the first moment and they are trying to keep him alive. Our health officials are trying to keep the 5 month old baby alive from then on. I hope the baby clings to life too, all our prayers are with them.”
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
National Education Minister Mahmut Özer also announced that all schools in Karkamış are on holiday this week.
REACTION OF TAF
TSK also responded to the attacks in accordance with the Rules of Engagement. Penal shots were fired by border troops at terrorist targets. UAVs in the region are also working on target detection.
MEP’S NICH IS OUT
Republican People’s Party İzmir Deputy Mahir Polat made a statement about the attack on Twitter. Polat said the nephew of the student killed in the attack was Hasan Karataş.
Deputy Polat said: “Our hearts are burning.
Our cousin Hasan Karataş was killed in the rocket attack organized by the insidious terrorist organization in the Karkamış neighborhood of Gaziantep.
CURSED TERROR.”
ATTACKED YESTERDAY
There was a rocket attack on the neighborhood yesterday. Four rockets fired at Karkamış by the terrorist organization YPG/PKK hit zihin empty space.
CONDEMNED FROM USA
The US Embassy in Ankara issued a statement on social media after the terrorist attack. “As the US diplomatic representative in Turkey, we join the Turkish people who today mourn the loss of three innocent lives in Carchemish. We strongly condemn this violence and unjustified attack,” the embassy said.
BY TERROR OBJECTIVES