Gunfire on Iran border: Turkish soldier killed, investigation launched
A Turkish soldier has been killed in a shooting incident on the Turkey-Iran border.
TodayPress TV reports that, according to a statement issued by the Turkish Ministry of National Defence on November 5, soldier Yusuf Sait Ünlü was killed on October 31 after coming under fire allegedly from the Iranian side while intervening in an attempted illegal border crossing at the Engin May border post.
Ankara and Tehran have launched parallel investigations into the incident.
Jala Rovshan
