2 Turkish teenagers killed by stray bullets from Syrian side

Two Turkish teenagers were killed near Turkey's southern border with Syria by stray bullets from the Syrian side, local Hurriyet daily reported Wednesday. The two teenagers were killed during clashes Tuesday between the opposition Free Syrian Army and the Democratic Union Party, an affiliate of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey's southern province of Sanliurfa. Ahmet Gunduz, 15, was shot in Ceylanpinar town of Sanliurfa and died later in hospital. Another teenager, Ahmet Ertugrul, was shot dead later in the day when clashes erupted again in the Syrian side, according to the report. The incident is the latest of its kind as random shots or mortar shelling sporadically target Turkish towns bordering Syria. In October 2012, a mortar bomb fired from the Syrian side landed in the southeastern Turkish town of Akcakale, killing a woman and four children and wounding at least 13 others. The PKK took up arms in 1984 in an attempt to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Ankara started peace negotiations with PKK's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan last October and on March 21, Ocalan made an announcement of ceasefire and withdrawal, which was positively responded by his militant group.