Tension escalated on Monday between Turkey and Syria after shots from the Syrian side into Turkey injured three people, angering Ankara a day before a visit by international envoy Kofi Annan.
Two Syrians and a Turkish translator were wounded near a refugee camp in southeastern province of Kilis along the Syrian border, diplomatic sources told AFP.
The incident marked the first time Syrian fire from across the border hurt people on Turkish soil, prompting Turkey's Foreign Ministry to urgently contact the Syrian mission in Ankara to “immediately halt the shootings,” said a source.
The attack came after 17 wounded Syrians were smuggled into Turkey in the aftermath of an overnight clash in their village of Sucu in Aleppo province, situated close to the border.
Two of the wounded died shortly after they arrived.
