DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Four people were killed on Tuesday, including the leader of an Islamist charity, in clashes between rival Kurdish groups in Diyarbakir, adding to tensions in Turkey’s largest Kurdish-populated city days after legislative elections.
Aytac Baran, the leader of the Ihya-Der charity group, was shot dead by unknown gunmen outside his home in Diyarbakir, prompting a gunfight that left three others dead and four injured, including three journalists, hospital sources told AFP.
Sympathisers of the group fired shots into the air and clashed with supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who they claimed were behind the attack, an AFP reporter said.