QANDIL, Kurdistan–Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) denied any connection to the Minibus explosion which was resulted to the death of nine civilians today. PKK said the attack is an act of counter-guerilla units, and engineered to worsen the peace process solution.
Kurdish Democratic Confederation (KCK) released a statement denying any connection with Hakkari attack.
PKK said the guerilla forces are committed to the unilateral ceasefire, declared on 13 August and it is the Turkish army which is attempting to mislead the national and international public opinions.
Kurdish boycott campaign against the constitutional referendum was most effective in Hakkari, only 7 percent of the registered voters casted their ballots.
PKK statement said in Peyanus village only 5 voters casted their ballots while 99 percent of the voters supported BDP’s boycott campaign and labeled the attack “a response to Peyanus’s attitude in the referendum.” “The attack in Hakkari is an attack to all the Kurds” PKK said.
PKK also warned AKP government saying “The people of Hakkari are not alone”. Immediately after the attack, Ordogan Turkish Prime Minister vowed to carry out its oppressive attcks on Kurdish people and guerillas.
It is important noticing that whenever AK Party losses to BDP in local power struggle in Northern Kurdistan, AK Party commits an atrocity against the Kurdish civilians and each time AK Party attempts to accuse PKK nationally and internationally.
Few months ago Turkish Army assassinated four Kurdish civilians in Northern Kurdistan, but they were not succeeded to manipulate the Kurdish and Turkish public opinions.
PKK declared the victims as “martyrs of democracy” and paid condolences to the relatives and Kurdish people.