The Turkish prime minister’s convoy was attacked late Wednesday in Kastamonu after he departed from the Black Sea city by helicopter, leaving one police officer dead and another injured.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s closest aides were on the party bus, SIA reported quoting NTV. The assailants threw explosives at the party bus and then opened fire, escaping after an exchange of gunfire. Security forces have launched an operation in the forested area surrounding the crime scene to catch the perpetrators. "I begin my speech by expressing my sorrow about an attack in Kastamonu," Erdoğan said in his speech at a subsequent campaign rally in Amasya. "These terrorists, these separatists who understood that they cannot get any result at the elections think that they will be successful in this way. We will not permit these groups to divide this country."
"My people will never give credit to terrorists, to those who want to destabilize our country," the prime minister said. Also on Wednesday, six police officers were injured in an attack at a Diyarbakır funeral for four members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Demonstrators at the funeral attacked the Diyarbakır prison, the site of many alleged incidents of torture, and tried to gain access to the prison compound.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s closest aides were on the party bus, SIA reported quoting NTV. The assailants threw explosives at the party bus and then opened fire, escaping after an exchange of gunfire. Security forces have launched an operation in the forested area surrounding the crime scene to catch the perpetrators. "I begin my speech by expressing my sorrow about an attack in Kastamonu," Erdoğan said in his speech at a subsequent campaign rally in Amasya. "These terrorists, these separatists who understood that they cannot get any result at the elections think that they will be successful in this way. We will not permit these groups to divide this country."
"My people will never give credit to terrorists, to those who want to destabilize our country," the prime minister said. Also on Wednesday, six police officers were injured in an attack at a Diyarbakır funeral for four members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Demonstrators at the funeral attacked the Diyarbakır prison, the site of many alleged incidents of torture, and tried to gain access to the prison compound.
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