Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The cause of fire at a Turkish wedding became a blood feud.

As a result of fire, managed by the unknown at the wedding ceremony in the village Bilge near the Turkish town of Mardin in the south-east, killed 45 people, another six were injured varying degrees of severity. Such data has led the Minister of Internal Affairs Besir Atalay (Besir Atalay), informs Associated Press referring to the Turkish media.
The exact cause of the attack is not yet clear. According to the Deputy Governor of the province of Mardin Ferhata Ozena (Ferhat Ozen), the attack occurred because of blood feuds between different factions of the region - the militias, formed with the participation of the authorities to deal with Kurdish separatists.
Mayor of Mardin Besir Ayyanoglu Mehmet (Mehmet Besir Ayanoglu) announced on-air TV Channel 24 that the two girls who attended the wedding, escaped ukryvshis dead guests. Surviving girl told the mayor that at the height of the triumph of the house was raided by two armed robbers in masks, ordered the members to gather in one room and then began shooting at people.
At the same time, other witnesses reported the incident on the four attackers. In addition, they added, the attack happened at a time when the guest of the event to pray in one of the rooms of the house. Some of those present tried to resist the criminals, but those firing ceremony guests, fled in an unknown direction.
At this time, the village where the attack happened at the wedding ceremony, soldiers cordoned off the Turkish army. All entrances to the city off, the site does not allow journalists, noted AP.

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