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British Woman Shot Dead in Turkey
 
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Tue, 10 Sep 2013   ||   Nigeria,
 

CEOAFRICA.com received a report from Turkey that a British woman has been killed and two members of her family injured in a shooting which occur at a resort of Dalyan in Turkey.

56-year old Catherine Bury is from Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

A release from the Foreign Office said, "We are aware of the death of a British national in Turkey on Monday. We are providing consular help to the family and confirm the hospitalisation of two British nationals."

Meanwhile, a 46-year-old local man is understood to have been arrested and is expected to appear in court later.

Sources said the family were shot while celebrating a birthday party at a villa in the resort on Turkey's south coast.

 

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