Eight killed in Turkey over land dispute

    By IANS,

    Ankara: At least eight people were killed and four wounded Saturday in Turkey’s Diyarbakir province during an armed clash erupted over a land dispute between two families, Xinhua reported.


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    It all happened as a gunfight broke out between the Ustun family from Baskoy village and the Ek family from Karatepe village in Bismil town.

    “Two wounded people were taken to a hospital in Batman province and another two wounded were taken to Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital for medical treatment,” said Governor of Diyarbakir Mustafa Cahit Kirac:

    The incident was being probed.

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