MALATYA
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday concerning the late Friday rocket attack mounted on police house in Dikmen neighbourhood of the Turkish capital Ankara, "Those who resort to such methods will definitely pay the price."
Terrorists launched at least two rockets at the police house (a hotel and social facility for policemen and their families) near police headquarters in Dikmen at about 21:30 local time on Friday night, following which no casualties were reported as the rockets only caused structural damages on the building.
At least 5,000 armed policemen started a manhunt when the assailants (Muharrem Karatas and Serdar Polat, both members of DHKP-C terrorist organization) were identified by means of security cameras only five minutes after the attack. One terrorist was killed and a second one was badly hurt in a fire exchange.
Addressing the leaders of non-governmental organizations in Turkey's eastern Malatya city, Turkish PM Erdogan argued that anyone who dared to use such means to attack Turkey would definitely be answered and get their comeuppance.
"Those who resort to such methods will definitely pay the price. Whovever targets and attacks our peace, unity and territory, will be repayed giving them eye-for-an-eye," he added.
Turkish Premier Erdogan also touched on the democratization package, saying "We will announce the democratization package on the last day of September."
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