A mortar shell strike in Turkey's southeastern Suruc town, a few kilometers away from the Syrian border, prompted the evacuation of two neighborhoods
The evacuation of two neighborhoods is currently underway in Turkey's southeastern province of Sanliurfa, after a mortar shell hit the area injuring four people, from the same familty, the governorate announced.
The decision came after a mortar shell fell on a house in the Suruc town on Sunday, injuring at four people, according to Sanliurfa Governor Izzettin Kucuk.
"We decided to transfer the residents of Buyuk Kendirci and Kucuk Kendirci in a more secure place," he said.
The four people injured are currently being treated at Suruc State Hospital.
The incident comes as clashes between Kurdish groups and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants intensified on Sunday around the Kurdish-populated town of Kobani, just a few kilometers from the Turkish border.
ISIL militants, have been attacking the border town of Kobani from all directions for three weeks.
Around 160,000 Syrian refugees took shelter in Turkey, since the country opened its border on September 19.
