Rockets from Syria kill 1, injures 7 in southern Turkey

One person was killed and seven others injured Thursday after two Katyusha rockets launching from northern Syria hit southern Kilis province of Turkey, private Dogan News Agency reported.

A total of four rocket projectiles fired from Islamic State (IS)-controlled area hit the border town since late afternoon, according to the report.

On Thursday morning, three other rocket projectiles fired from neighboring country injured two people including one police officer.

Turkey's military had killed four IS militants in northern Syria in retaliatory shells to the group's territory earlier on Thursday, Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement.

In recent weeks, Kilis has been repeatedly hit by rocket fire from territories in Syria in the hands of the IS militants.

Turkish military destroyed a total of 2144 Is positions in northern Syria and killed 807 militants, the army said in a separate statement on Thursday.

Rockets fired from Syria have be fallen Kilis since mid-January, killing a total of 21 people including seven Syrians refugees and injured 66 more including 17 Syrians, according to the figures of Turkish Armed Forces.

While Ankara said it is battling the IS as part of a U.S.-led coalition, the extremist group also orchestrated a number of suicide bombings in Turkey's capital and Istanbul provinces, leaving hundreds killed. Endit