Militants from the Islamic State launched an attack on Kobane from Turkey for the first time today - indicating that the Syrian border town is now totally surrounded. The clashes, which killed at least 30 fighters, began when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives while driving an armoured vehicle across the border, Kurdish officials have said. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party, said the terror group 'used to attack the town from three sides. Today, they are attacking from four sides'. Turkey denied the fighters had used its territory for the raid. Scroll down for video
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Suicide bomber drove car across border from Turkey, officials have said
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Turkish government denied claims that its territory had been used for raid
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Clashes today have killed at least eight Kurdish fighters, said monitors
The @placeholder group began its Kobane offensive in mid-September, capturing parts of the town as well as dozens of nearby villages.