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PKK attack on campaign bus kills one in east Turkey

Xinhua, April 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

A campaign bus belonging to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was attacked by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants over the weekend, and one people was killed, news reports said on Monday.

The attack was carried out late Saturday by long-barreled weapons against the motorcade of district head Ibrahim Vanli in eastern Turkish province of Van, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Vanli's nephew and village guard Adnan, who was following the motorcade, was killed in the attack.

On Sunday after this attack, over 55 million Turkish citizens cast their votes in a historic referendum proposing key constitutional changes, including giving wide-ranging executive powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Some 251,800 policemen and 128,455 gendarmerie members are deployed to secure the voting, while 17,000 security forces are safeguarding critical locations such as power supply and transmission units, according to news reports.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Endi