### [2021-08-12](/feed/2021/08/12/index.md)

##### Ankara
# Armed men in Ankara, Turkey, attack shops, houses and cars owned by Syrian citizens. The assaults erupted after the yesterday killing of a Turkish teenager during a fight between Syrians and locals, and the wounding of two Turkish men who were stabbed by a Syrian man in another incident. 

Protesters attacked houses owned by Syrians after tensions flared over reports of a fatal stabbing.


### Sources:

1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58185612) [Image](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/BD60/production/_119908484_mediaitem119908483.jpg)

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