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2009 Mardin Attack
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The 2009 Mardin Attack occurred on 4 May 2009 in the village of Bilge, Turkey during a wedding ceremony that killed at least 45 people. The attack was perpetrated by at least two masked assailants using grenades and automatic weapons, that witnesses say could be linked to a feud between two families. Casualties and aftermath The attack killed at least 45 people and injured six according to Turkey's , . The perpetrators fled after the attack to near the Syrian border as a sandstorm in the area intensified. <ref nameyahoo/> The Bilge village head along with ten other members of his family were among those killed in the attack. <ref namereuters/> Initial assessments rule out the according to Atalay. <ref name=yahoo/> |
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