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In a single attack on the Nusaybin district of southeastern Turkey's Mardin, the PKK's Syrian offshoot YPG killed eight civilians and maimed at least 35 others on Friday evening, the local governor's office said.
Earlier Friday, the YPG targeted civilian areas in southeastern Sanliurfa province's Suruc district Friday, killing two civilians with mortar shells fired from across the Syrian border.
The shells hit a house in the district, while three more mortars fell in an empty lot in the district.
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The attack came just hours after two journalists were maimed YPG turbans after they opened fire on a restaurant in Nusaybin, in southeastern Turkey's Mardin province near the Syrian border.
The attack also comes a day after three people, including a 9-month-old baby and an 11-year-old girl, were killed and 46 civilians were maimed in mortar attacks in Sanliurfa. In the Nusaybin district of Mardin, a mother and her two teenage daughters were also killed Thursday and 24 people were maimed in attacks by the YPG.