Soldier wounded in ISIL shelling in Turkey’s southeast

GAZİANTEP – Doğan News Agency

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One Turkish soldier was injured on April 5 when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants shelled a military post in the southeastern province of Gaziantep near the Syrian border.

Artillery fire and two shells were fired from an ISIL position at a Turkish military post near the border in the province’s Oğuzeli district.

One soldier was injured in the attack and was reported to be in good condition.

Meanwhile, the Turkish military retaliated against the attack by shelling ISIL positions in the region.