Opposition vice chair wounded in armed attack in SW

AYDIN, Turkey (AA) – The vice chair of Turkey’s main opposition party was injured in an armed attack Saturday at a restaurant in Aydin, the capital of the southwestern province of the same name, the governor said.

“We identified two attackers and police are searching for them. An investigation into the attack is underway,” Governor Omer Faruk Kocak told Anadolu Agency.

Bulent Tezcan, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy as well as vice chair, was attacked by two armed men while dining with party members in a restaurant in the city center.

Tezcan was shot in the leg and rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Kamil Okyay Sindir, the party’s secretary general, told Anadolu Agency that Tezcan is in good condition and should recover.