soldier shot dead as army and IS exchange fire

Funerals for two police officers killed in Ceylanpinar were held on Thursday

Turkey's military and Islamic State fighters have exchanged fire over the Syrian-Turkish border, killing one soldier, Turkish media report.

The governor of Kilis province said another two soldiers were injured when a border post was attacked from Syria.

Turkey responded with heavy weapons, reportedly killing one IS militant.

It is the latest violence to hit Kurdish-dominated south-east Turkey, three days after 32 people were killed by a bomber linked to IS in Suruc.

Also on Thursday, a Turkish traffic policeman was shot dead in the city of Diyarbakir. The officer and a colleague were attacked while attending a collision.

The second officer was badly injured. No group has yet said that it was behind the shooting of the officers.

'Tank fire'

"Unfortunately, one of our non-commissioned officers has been martyred and two sergeants injured," Kilis Governor Suleyman Tapsiz told Turkey's Anadolu news agency.

He added that the two wounded soldiers were in a stable condition.

In response, Turkish tanks opened fire on IS-controlled targets inside Syria, Turkish media report.

The two attacks on Thursday have added to the bloodshed in the area of Turkey nearest to IS-held territory.

On Monday, a suicide blast killed 32 people in the mainly Kurdish town of Suruc, near the Syrian border.

On Wednesday, two other policemen were shot dead in their home in Celanpinar, 160km (100 miles) from Suruc.