In Turkey, two leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party and several other MPs were jailed in an unprecedented crackdown.<br/><br/>State run Anadolu news agency said, a court in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir remanded in custody Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag after they were detained along with 10 of its MPs. The United States and European Union have raised concern over the arrests, which marked a new escalation of the clampdown under the state of emergency imposed in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, nine people including two policemen were killed and 100 other injured in a blast outside a police station in Diyarbakir. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blamed outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for the attack. However, the Amaq news agency, which is linked to the Islamic State terror group, said that its fighters were behind the bombing.
News On AIR | November 5, 2016 1:39 PM
Turkey: Two leaders of pro-Kurdish party, several other MPs jailed