Turkey: 1 hurt in knife attack on pro-Kurdish party office

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police on Tuesday detained a man who wounded one person during a knife attack on a branch of a pro-Kurdish party in Istanbul, Turkish media reports said.The assailant entered the People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, office in Istanbul’s Bahcelievler district and threatened to kill everyone inside the building before wounding one person, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported.There was no immediate comment from party officials.It was the second attack on an HDP building this year. In June, a gunman stormed the HDP’s office in Izmir province, in western Turkey, killing a female employee.The HDP, the second-largest opposition party in Turkey’s parliament, is the subject of a widespread government crackdown, with party members being accused of supporting an outlawed Kurdish militant group. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called party members terrorists.Thousands of pro-Kurdish activists, along with lawmakers and the party’s former leaders, have been imprisoned.The HDP is also fighting a legal action seeking its closure for alleged links to militants.

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Turkey: 1 hurt in knife attack on pro-Kurdish party office

Turkey: 1 hurt in knife attack on pro-Kurdish party office

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