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BREAKING: Suspect of twin bombings detained
7 June 2015 12:18 BST
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has briefed the press that a suspect relating to the twin bombing of the HDP rally in Diyarbakır on6 June has been taken into custody.
"We condemned the [Diyarbakır twin bombing] in the strongest possible terms. We expressed full solidarity. It is a dirty hand who carried out the attack. It is an attack on all parties. On AK Party too. On the elections. An attack on the elections in an attack on democracy. No one should hesitate to go to the ballot box." He vowed to find the perpetrators and confirmed that a suspect had been taken into custody in the early hours of the morning.