47 injured in illegal border crossing in SE Turkey
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 14 October 2017
- Modified Date: 08:48 | 14 October 2017
Forty-seven illegal migrants were injured in southeastern Turkey when the van carrying them had an accident on Saturday, according to a hospital official.
The accident in the southeastern Hakkari province took place when the van fell into a stream bed in the Yüksekova-Daglica area, near the Iranian border.
Most of the injured were Pakistani nationals, said the chief of medicine at Yüksekova State Hospital.
Seventeen of the 47 were transferred to Hakkari State Hospital after their treatment in Yüksekova, the official added.
An investigation of the incident by the gendarmerie is ongoing.
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