Alwaght- A crowd of angry protestors in Turkey raided the offices of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) after a terrorist attack killed more than a dozen soldiers on Friday.
Dozens of people broke into the headquarters of the party in the central province of Kayseri on Saturday battering doors down, scattering papers, throwing furniture into the street and removing the HDP sign from the entrance.
The crowd held the party responsible for a terrorist attack that hit a bus carrying soldiers and civilians killing at least 13 soldiers and injuring dozens of civilians.
Some of the demonstrators then climbed to the top of the building, set off a fire and furled down a flag of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Top Turkish officials blamed the Kurdish PKK group for the attack and the HDP is accused by Turkish officials of being sympathizer with the group in the country.
“The style and goals of the attacks clearly show the aim of the separatist terrorist organization is to trip up Turkey, cut its strength and have it focus its energy and forces elsewhere,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement.
He added, “The terror attacks in Turkey are not separate from what is happening in the region, especially in Syria and Iraq.”
Later, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told nationwide NTV television news network that all signs point towards PKK’s involvement in Saturday’s terror attack in Kayseri.
Kurtulmus said the bombing bore great similarity to last week’s twin bombings in Istanbul, which claimed 44 lives and left 155 others wounded.
A total of 36 police officers were among those killed in the Istanbul blasts. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a PKK splinter group, later claimed responsibility for the deadly blasts.
