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17 people detained after attack at Istanbul election campaign event, official says

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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says authorities have detained 17 people in connection with an attack at an Istanbul campaign event for upcoming municipal elections. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Sunday provided no details on the assailants’ affiliation or motive for the attack a day earlier that critically injured a woman. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at an election rally Sunday condemned the attack and praised police and prosecutors for working to apprehend additional suspects. Saturday’s attack took place as a mayoral candidate in a district of Istanbul for the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, was visiting an association.

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