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    More rockets hit Turkish town on Syria border after 5 killed

    More rockets hit a Turkish town on the Syrian border on Tuesday, wounding at least three people, a day after five were killed by fire from an area of Syria controlled by terrorists, a Turkish government official said.

    In the last few weeks, "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorists have repeatedly fired rockets at Kilis, the only town in Turkey where refugees from Syria's five-year conflict now outnumber local Turks.

    "Three rockets slammed into three different spots in the centre of Kilis, one in an empty field, one near a school and another near a mosque," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

    The official said the rocket fire left three people lightly injured while the strikes caused a fire to break out one of the houses.