VIDEO: CHP deputy candidate injured in armed assault in Turkey's south

?pek Yezdani ipek.yezdani@hurriyet.com.tr Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) deputy candidate Elif Do?an Türkmen was wounded in an armed attack at around 9 a.m. on May 26 in a restaurant in the southern province of Adana, Do?an News Agency has reported.

Türkmen, who is running for parliament on the CHP ticket as the party?s top candidate from Adana, was injured in the legs after three gunshots were fired by a man from close distance at the entrance of a restaurant, where Türkmen had gone to attend an event. 

She was immediately taken to hospital and was later released. 

In a written statement, Türkmen said her health condition was positive and such attacks would not discourage the party from working ahead of the elections. 

?We will continue our work at full speed, and even stronger than before, as soon as possible,? read a part of the statement.  

Security camera footage from the hotel during the attack shows a figure, later identified by police as a 54-year-old man, pointing a gun at the legs of Türkmen after she entered the building. He apparently misfires, and then fires his gun three times from just a few meters away before running out of the building. The man fled the scene in a car he had parked 50 meters from the building. 

Adana Public Prosecutor Ali Yeldan, who inspected the crime scene, said the attack was being investigated closely and the possibility of it having ?political motivations? was also being looked into.

?The suspect came in a rented car to the scene. The car has been seized. The incident will be thoroughly investigated once the assailant is caught,? Yeldan told journalists. 

Adana Governor Mustafa Büyük denied that the armed attack on...