San Francisco Chronicle

Kurdish militants fire rockets into Turkey

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Suspected Kurdish militants in Syria fired rockets across the border into Turkey, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others, Turkish officials said. The attack Monday followed deadly air strikes by Turkey on suspected militant targets in Syria and Iraq. One of the rockets landed near a school in the town of Karkamis in Gaziantep, killing a 22-yearold teacher, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. A 5-yearold boy was killed when a house in Karkamis was also hit in the attack.

The rocket attacks came days after Turkey launched deadly air strikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq, targeting Kurdish groups that Ankara holds responsibl­e for a Nov. 13 bomb attack in Istanbul. The bomb rocked a bustling avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Nov. 13, killing six people and

wounding over 80 others.

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