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Turkish pilgrims wounded in Syria bus attack

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http://www.euronews.net/ Two Turkish nationals have been wounded after their convoy of buses were shot at in Syria.

Turkey’s NTV reported it had been fired on by Syrian soldiers near the flashpoint city of Homs and that a driver was among the injured.

The buses were returning home from the holy Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

A Turkish government official confirmed the attack to the AFP news agency but gave no further details.

One witness said the soldiers boarded their bus at a checkpoint and ordered them off.

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