Three troops wounded in ‘PKK attack’ on Turkey opposition chief convoy

Three Turkish troops were wounded when Kurdish militants opened fire on the convoy of Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu but the opposition chief was unharmed, the interior minister says.

Kilicdaroglu’s convoy was driving through the northeastern region of Artvin to an event when it came under attack from gunfire from the woods.

“Terrorists fired on members of the gendarmerie who were protecting the convoy. One was seriously wounded and two were slightly hurt,” Interior Minister Efkan Ala says in televised comments. He says the attack was carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and an operation had been begun against them in the area.

Kilicdaroglu says he was safe and well after the incident. “There is no problem, we are fine, don’t worry,” Kilicdaroglu tells CNN-Turk television by telephone.

The attack came after the botched July 15 coup which has resulted in a greater harmony between opposition and the government, with Kilicdaroglu meeting Erdogan and Yildirim.

— AFP