ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Seven members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were detained by Sulaimani’s security forces on Thursday following a bomb attack on a vehicle believed to be affiliated to Turkey, according to an HDP official.
A bomb exploded to a vehicle in Sulaimani city on Thursday after the driver started the car. Two people, believed to be affiliated to the Turkish government, were injured in the incident, according to information obtained by Rudaw. However, the security forces have not commented on the attack. A local health official told Rudaw that no one has been hospitalised.
Muslim Kaplan, head of HDP office in Sulaimani, told Rudaw’s Hemin Baban late Thursday that seven of its members have been detained by local security forces (Asayish).
“We are refugees and live like refugees. Our members should not be detained every time an incident and explosion takes place or someone is murdered. These incidents have nothing to do with us. It is a shame that Sulaimani’s Asayish is detaining our members while we do not know why they were detained,” he said.
The two injured have not been identified and Asayish has not commented on the raids on HDP members.
Kaplan also said that Asayish raided the houses of their members, their workplace and the HDP office to detain them.
A number of HDP members have been killed in Sulaimani, with the party accusing Turkish intelligence.
Kaplan asked why the murderers of their members have not been arrested “while they have been identified in CCTV” but their own members are detained.
A bomb exploded to a vehicle in Sulaimani city on Thursday after the driver started the car. Two people, believed to be affiliated to the Turkish government, were injured in the incident, according to information obtained by Rudaw. However, the security forces have not commented on the attack. A local health official told Rudaw that no one has been hospitalised.
Muslim Kaplan, head of HDP office in Sulaimani, told Rudaw’s Hemin Baban late Thursday that seven of its members have been detained by local security forces (Asayish).
“We are refugees and live like refugees. Our members should not be detained every time an incident and explosion takes place or someone is murdered. These incidents have nothing to do with us. It is a shame that Sulaimani’s Asayish is detaining our members while we do not know why they were detained,” he said.
The two injured have not been identified and Asayish has not commented on the raids on HDP members.
Kaplan also said that Asayish raided the houses of their members, their workplace and the HDP office to detain them.
A number of HDP members have been killed in Sulaimani, with the party accusing Turkish intelligence.
Kaplan asked why the murderers of their members have not been arrested “while they have been identified in CCTV” but their own members are detained.
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