Supporters of pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) gesture as they dance at an election campaign point in Istanbul, Turkey, June 1, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants fired on a campaign minibus of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey's southeast on Wednesday, killing the driver, local media reported, only days ahead of a crucial general election.
Security forces found the driver of the bus dead around 200 meters ahead of the vehicle on a motorway around the town of Karliova, 70 km (45 miles) northeast of Bingol province, Turkey's Dogan News agency reported.
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