Kurdish militants kill guard in attack on Turkish politician
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants carried out the attack on Saturday night
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DIYARBAKIR:
Kurdish militants killed a guard in an attack on a vehicle carrying a district official from the ruling AK Party in southeast Turkey overnight, ahead of Sunday's referendum on introducing a presidential system, security sources said.
Turkish referendum poll shows ‘Yes’ vote at 51 per cent
They said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants carried out the attack on Saturday night in the Muradiye district of the southeast's Van province. A second of the AKP official's guards was wounded in the attack.
Kurdish militants killed a guard in an attack on a vehicle carrying a district official from the ruling AK Party in southeast Turkey overnight, ahead of Sunday's referendum on introducing a presidential system, security sources said.
Turkish referendum poll shows ‘Yes’ vote at 51 per cent
They said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants carried out the attack on Saturday night in the Muradiye district of the southeast's Van province. A second of the AKP official's guards was wounded in the attack.