ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An anti-aircraft shell from Syria hit an empty room of a health center inside Turkey, a private news agency reported Tuesday. No injuries were reported.
The shell pierced through a window of the health center some 200 meters (yards) inside the Turkish border, in the town of Reyhanli and ricocheted five times before hitting a wall, the Dogan news agency reported. An investigation was launched into the incident, the agency said.
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Forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad have been battling rebels near the town of Haram, in Syria’s Idlib province, across the border from Reyhanli.
Ever since a shell fired from Syria on Oct. 3 slammed into a Turkish border town, killing 5 civilians, Turkey has been firing into Syria in response to similar attacks.
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More than 33,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising started in March last year.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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