Mystery over who bombed Turkish convoy allegedly carrying weapons to militants in Syria

Mystery over who bombed Turkish convoy allegedly carrying weapons to militants in Syria

Published time: 26 Nov, 2015 12:44

A Turkish convoy, which according to some reports was transporting weapons to terrorist organizations, has been hit by apparent airstrikes in northwestern Syria.

Footage released online by the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) shows plumes of smoke from the burning trucks and people running about in panic. At least 20 trucks were engulfed in flames.

The mission, however, wasn’t sponsored or organized by the IHH, the group said. No organization has as yet confirmed that the convoy belonged to them.

Rus hava saldırısının alevler içerisinde bıraktığı yardım TIR'larına Sivil Savunma ekiplerimiz müdahale ediyor. pic.twitter.com/zbM5bI6AgN

— İHH (@ihhinsaniyardim) November 25, 2015
"Our teams helped to extinguish the fire... The trucks do not belong to us and there is no information on who bombed them," Mustafa Özbek, an official from İHH, told Reuters.

At least seven people were killed and 10 injured in the incident, according to the Turkish Anadolu agency. The trucks were reportedly heading to the town of Azaz in northwestern Syria.

Since the news emerged, media has been furiously speculating about who was behind the attack, what the trucks were transporting, what the convoy’s humanitarian mission was, or maybe it was carrying a more sinister load.

One of the aid workers who survived the incident said the trucks had been deliberately targeted, Reuters reported.

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