Twin bomb blasts kill 2, injure over 100 at milestone rally of Turkey's HDP

Two people have been killed in two bomb blasts ahead of the HDP rally in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbak?r. While Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu vows to find out the perpatrators, HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta? calls everyone to stay calm. Two people were killed and over 100 were  injured when bombs exploded ahead of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) rally in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbak?r on June 5.

In a written statement on June 2, Diyarbak?r Chief Public Prosecutor Ramazan Solmaz said two people, identified only with their initials as N.K. and ?.K., were killed in the explosion, while more than 100 people were injured in the explosion and the panic that followed.

"The scene, and the evidence regarding the incident have been secured and a thorough investigation has been launched, led by the deputy chief public prosecutor and four other prosecutors," Solmaz said in his statement.

Some local sources said the number of people injured in the blasts was over 300.

Security forces have determined that the explosion was caused by one bomb put inside a gas cylinder packed with ball bearings, and one percussion bomb, daily Hürriyet reported on its website. Security forces said there were hundreds of ball bearings and nails inside the gas bottle to increase the damage and a reinforced explosive material was used.

Experts have collected more than 100 pieces of ball bearings and pieces of the gas bottle scattered around the explosion zone and the pieces were taken to a criminal lab for further tests.

Terrorism and intelligence experts are controlling the surveillance camera footage of the area, the report said, adding that no suspects have been...