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Turkish FM calls for Israel to extradite wounded Turkish citizens

31 May 2010 [14:30] - TODAY.AZ
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has called for Israel to extradite 30 wounded Turkish citizens who have suffered as a result of Israeli military attacks on international humanitarian Navy fleet, moving from to the blocked Gaza Strip on Monday night, Anadolu news agency reported.

Most of 19 killed activists were Turkish citizens. Ankara has called for the Israeli government to make careful explanations of the incident. There are also 6 Israeli injured soldiers. The Israeli defense ministry said that the clashes were provoked by human rights activists, attacking Israeli navy guards with knives after refusing from passing the ships.


/Anadolu Agency/
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