62 wounded, 2 dead in fights that broke out in neighborhood representative elections

At least 62 people were injured in fights for local neighborhood representative (mukhtar) elections that broke out all over Turkey
Sunday, 31 March 2019 18:08

At least 62 people were injured and 2 were killed in fights that broke out all over Turkey due to local neighborhood representative elections.

2 people shot dead in a fight between two different groups supporting two different neighborhood head candidates in Gaziantep.

Gaziantep'te muhtarlık seçimi nedeniyle iki grup arasında çıkan silahlı kavgada ilk belirlemelere göre 2 kişi öldü, 2 kişi ağır yaralandı.

In various districts of Sanliurfa, 25 people were injured in fights between the mukhtar candidates and their relatives. 

In Bozbağlar neighborhood of the Kocaköy district of Diyarbakır, in a fight that broke out between different local candidates, 14 were injured, two in critical condition. In Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır, 9 were injured.

In Dara neighborhood of Mardin, 3 were injured as a result of the fight between the supporters of local candidates, similarly, in Nusaybin, 4 were injured. In Midyat neighborhood of Mardin, two were stabbed and two were taken into custody by the police.

In Akpınar village in the Ayrancı district of Karaman, 5 were injured in the fight between the relatives of candidates.