* Photo Credit: Muzaffer Çağlıyaner - Adana/AA
An explosion hit Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) headquarter in Seyhan district of Adana province. HDP's headquarter in Mersin province exploded simultaneously.
Rıdvan Turan, HDP's deputy candidate from Adana, told bianet there was a meeting in headquarter during the explosion and three casualties had been taken to hospital. Deputy candidate stated casualties hadn't a risk of death.
Seyhan District Co-Chair, Hüseyin Beyaz, former Province Co-Chair, Sabahattin Pişkinbaş from Socialist party of the Oppressed (ESP) and İbrahim Yakup were injured.
Explosion in Mersin
* Serhan Başçuhadar - Adana/AA
Mehmet Fırat, HDP's deputy candidate from Mersin told bianet he was informed there was an explosion in Mersin but he didn't get information about the casualties.
Another deputy candidate form Mersin, Mahmut Karabulut, said the explosion occurred in headquarters' balcony. "A flower pot was sent yesterday and our friends put it in the balcony. If it were inside, there would have been a chaos. There was a huge explosion, debris scattered everywhere."
Karabulut," We left the meeting earlier fortunately. It would have been worse."
An election meeting was held by HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ in Adana yesterday. Demirtaş would hold a meeting at 17:00 p.m. in Mersin Stadium
Meral Danış Beştaş, HDP's deputy candidate from Adana, judged the situation and said "This is the result of targeting HDP every day everywhere. Yesterday's joyful meeting made envious some people. (NV/HK/BD)
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