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Two officials detained regarding explosion in Diyarbakir

13 September 2019 13:18 (UTC +04:00)

Two officials have been detained in Diyarbakir province of Turkey in connection with the terrorist attack killed 7 people, APA’s local bureau reports.

The detainees in connection with the explosion in the Kulp district of the Diyarbakir are the chairman of the regional branch of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the head of the district municipality. The search of two more suspects in the incident is underway. They were reported to be at the incident scene shortly before the explosion.

Note that as a result of the explosion of a vehicle carrying forest workers in Diyarbakir 7 people died, ten injured.