Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu contradicted his yesterday's remarks on the blast at police headquarters in Amed, which he said had occurred during vehicle repair. Today, he said “They dug a tunnel under the ground and planted explosives”.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has made a new statement on yesterday's blast in Amed which hit the building of Riot Police Branch Directorate and Anti-Terror Department in Amed's central Bağlar district. The building was leveled to the ground as result of the blast.
The Minister who argued yesterday that :”There is no interference from outside, the blast took place during vehicle repair”, said the following on a TV programme today: “We first considered the possibility that some things could have been placed in the compound through an employee. However, they carried out the attack through a tunnel dug from outside. We conduct a search around our police departments once a month. It appears that they dug a tunnel in a very short period and placed explosives under the ground.”
Soylu added that Diyarbakır Governorate will also make a statement on the incident.
Yesterday's statement by the minister included: “One person is trapped under the debris and one other is critically injured. There are some others slightly injured.”
