A group of Turks have reportedly set fire to Syrian homes and businesses in Izmir, Turkey to revenge the murder of one of their own, journalist Lindsey Snell reports.

"Last night, 17 year-old Turkish boy was murdered by a 20 year-old Syrian man in Izmir in the course of an argument," Snell wrote on Twitter.

"So today, a group of men in Izmir reportedly torched random Syrian homes and businesses."