Two dead, 100 hurt in blasts at Kurdish rally in Turkey

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Two dead, 100 hurt in blasts at Kurdish rally in Turkey
Two blasts ripped through a Kurdish rally in Turkey on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 two days before a general election, and the prime minister said it was unclear if the explosions were accidental or an attack.       
 
Initial reports said there had been one explosion in the mainly Kurdish the Turkish city of Diyarbakir but a senior security source told Reuters there had been two blasts.         
 
Officials initially blamed a faulty power transformer at the rally site but later ruled that possibility out.          
 
The explosions killed two people and injured more than 100, Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu news agency.          
 
Doctors at hospitals in the city told Reuters more than 100 people had sought treatment. An urgent appeal was made for blood donations.            
 
Tensions have run high as the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) campaigns to become the first party with Kurdish origins to win seats in parliament in Sunday's election. Previously, Kurdish MPs have joined the legislature as independents.           
 
The HDP needs to overcome a 10 percent vote threshold, and some opinion polls show it could seize enough seats to deprive the long-ruling AK Party of the majority it has enjoyed since sweeping to power in 2002.            
 
"It is not yet clear whether this was an attack or an accident. Whatever caused it, we will find out," said Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, referring to Friday's explosion in Diyarbakir. He was addressing supporters at a rally in the city of Gaziantep.         
 
HDP Chairman Selahattin Demirtas called on his supporters to remain calm. "We don't know the cause of the blast," he said in a live interview with CNN Turk, adding the injuries included the loss of limbs.          
 
"It is thought-provoking that this occurred so close to the election," he added.       
 
 
REUTERS

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