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Turkish main opposition CHP deputy chairman shot wounded

Xinhua, October 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

The deputy chairman of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Bulent Tezcan was shot injured on Saturday, local broadcaster CNN Turk reported.

Tezcan was shot on his foot while he was in a restaurant in the Aegean province of Aydin.

The deputy chairman was taken to a hospital in the province and his condition reportedly is not life-threatening.

CNN Turk said the assailants left the restaurant after shouting a slogan.

CHP Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Ozgur Ozel said CHP will bring the ones responsible of the attack to account. Endit