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Erdogan's police officers escort attacked: 1 dead, 2 injured
May 4, 2011 - 20:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
A police officer was shot dead and two others injured by unidentified
assailants on Wednesday, May 4 in the northern province of Kastamonu,
where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been speaking earlier in
the day.
Erdogan, who addressed his supporters in Kastamonu as part of election
campaigning, left Kastamonu for Amasya in a helicopter briefly before
the attack took place. Sources from the Prime Ministry told the CNN
Turk TV channel that one police officer had been killed and two others
injured during a brief firefight between an armed group and police
officers.
One police cruiser was also set ablaze. Special security teams were
dispatched to the scene and police cordoned off the area. Many
ambulances were sent to the area, the broadcaster said. No further
details were immediately available.
Addressing his supporters in Amasya, Erdogan said terrorists who
thought they couldn't solve their problems at the ballot box think
they will get results through armed attacks. The prime minister said
his party will not allow the division of Turkey and that it is doing
everything it can to avert a confrontation among Turkey's population
of 74 million.
Observers say Erdogan's comments implied that the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) had orchestrated the attack, Today's Zaman
reported.
From: A. Papazian
May 4, 2011 - 20:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
A police officer was shot dead and two others injured by unidentified
assailants on Wednesday, May 4 in the northern province of Kastamonu,
where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been speaking earlier in
the day.
Erdogan, who addressed his supporters in Kastamonu as part of election
campaigning, left Kastamonu for Amasya in a helicopter briefly before
the attack took place. Sources from the Prime Ministry told the CNN
Turk TV channel that one police officer had been killed and two others
injured during a brief firefight between an armed group and police
officers.
One police cruiser was also set ablaze. Special security teams were
dispatched to the scene and police cordoned off the area. Many
ambulances were sent to the area, the broadcaster said. No further
details were immediately available.
Addressing his supporters in Amasya, Erdogan said terrorists who
thought they couldn't solve their problems at the ballot box think
they will get results through armed attacks. The prime minister said
his party will not allow the division of Turkey and that it is doing
everything it can to avert a confrontation among Turkey's population
of 74 million.
Observers say Erdogan's comments implied that the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) had orchestrated the attack, Today's Zaman
reported.
From: A. Papazian