Rocket from Syria hits southern Turkey, 6 hurt

KILIS, Turkey

A rocket projectile fired from northwestern Syria injured six people when it hit landed in a city center in southern Turkey’s Kilis Thursday, the regional governor told Anadolu Agency.

Governor Ismail Catakli said: "We have six injured and five of them are in good health.”

Ambulances and police rushed to the scene following the incident.

According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent at the scene, the projectile landed in Canpolat Street near a local market called Sabah Pazari.

Kilis province lies six kilometers (four miles) from the Syrian border.

Turkey has been under indiscriminate rocket attack from inside Syria since mid-January.

In Kilis alone, the regional governor said more than 20 people had been killed and more than 80 others wounded in such incidents.