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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 9, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Russian airstrike accidentally killed 3 Turkish troops in Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThree Turkish soldiers were accidentally killed and 11 wounded on Thursday when a Russian war plane struck a building in Syria where the troops were deployed, the Turkish army said.
The plane had been seeking to hit targets of Islamic State (IS) jihadists but “by accident three of our soldiers were martyred when a building was bombed where our units were,” it said.
The army said Russian President Vladimir Putin had already reached out to Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express his “sadness and condolences.”
— AFP
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