Switzerland: PKK supporters interrupt CHP event

GENEVA

A group of PKK terror group supporters raided a Republic Day event hosted by Turkey’s main opposition party in northern Switzerland.

Engin Ozkoc, deputy parliamentary group chair of Republican People’s Party (CHP), and Istanbul head of the party, Canan Kaftancioglu, arrived in the country upon the invitation of CHP Switzerland Association, according to the information obtained by Anadolu Agency.

As the event was about to begin, PKK supporters arrived at the event hall in the Grenchen municipality in the canton of Solothurn and occupied the stand.

A group of 10 - 15 PKK supporters opened a rag that bore a photograph of the terror group’s ringleader, Abdullah Ocalan, and started to argue with CHP members.

Hundreds of CHP members were held outside of the hall as a security measure.

The event started with a delay after police officers took the pro-terror individuals out of the hall.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.

*Writing by Sena Guler