Police attack people in Istanbul and İzmir

2015-12-20 16:56:41

NEWS DESK (DİHA) - As the heavy onslaught by state forces continues expanding across the Kurdish region, people who take to the streets to protest the state terror are also targeted by severe repression by police forces.

Masses also gathered outside Galatasaray High School in Istanbul to protest the growing state aggression in North Kurdistan. The demo led by Istanbul Labor and Democracy Coordination wasn't allowed by police either. Demonstrators were targeted with water cannons and live ammunition, upon which youths started to mount resistance in Hacıahmet neighborhood and Karaköy area.

While clashes are going on in side streets, at least 8 people have been taken into custody.

Attack at Izmir demo

Police forces also attacked the people who gathered at Konak Square in the western province of İzmir to protest the state terror in the Kurdish region and demand freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Clashes that erupted upon a response to the police attack are going on.

(nt)