Two Injured in Explosion in Reyhanlı Lose Their Lives

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The two Syrian citizens who got severely injured in the explosion while producing bombs in a house in Reyhanlı district of Hatay on July 6 have lost their lives in the hospital they had been taken to. 

State-run Anadolu News Agency (AA) has reported that the persons were Syrian citizens and have lost their lives in Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Research Hospital where they had been taken to. 

Dicle News Agency (DHA) has reported the names of the casualties as Usam İsa and Rahmi Hadad. It has also been added that a women who had been in the same house during the explosion had been taken into custody. The vehicle used by İsa and Hadad who had reportedly settled in the respective house in Reyhanli two months ago has been seized and taken to the yard of the Security Department. 

An extensive investigation has been launched in order to find out any possible link between a terrorist organization and Usam İsa and Rahmi Hadad predicted to be related to the opponent groups in Syria. 

What had happened?

An explosion had occurred in a house in Reyhanlı district of Hatay province. The two injured persons had been taken out of the house after the explosion which has occurred in Kurtulus neighbourhood in the center of the district at around 4.30 on July 6. (HK/DG)