28 August 2010
One boy wounded and 17 people detained at meeting on Friday
One person was wounded during the police assault on the march, which was organized yesterday evening in Sur/Diyarbakır after the boycott demonstration of BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) District Organization.
While young demonstrators threw molotov cocktails to a post office and a police car during the clashes, 17 people were detained by police.
There was a police assault and terrorizing in Sur county of Diyarbakır yesterday. It was stated that plainclothes policemen used real bullets against young demonstrators in Dörtayaklı Minare. A passerby named Cembeli Kaya was shot on his back and was critically injured.
Young demonstrators responded police with molotov cocktails, fireworks and blast bombs. Following the battle, which ended when demonstrators dispersed in side streets, 17 people were detained by police.
And seriously wounded Kaya was taken under treatment in intensive care unit of Dicle University Research Hospital.
Translator: Berna Ozgencil
ANF / DIYARBAKIR
ANF NEWS AGENCY
