Worker wounded in armed attack in Turkey’s north

Unknown assailants carried out an armed attack with long-barreled weapons on workers at the hydro-electric power plant (HES) construction site at Yaşmak Dam in the province’s Kürtün district at around 11 p.m. 

Adil Bülbül, a worker at the site, sustained heavy injuries to his chest durking the attack and was taken to Giresun İlhan Özdemir State Hospital.

Meanwhile, security forces have begun an operation in the region to apprehend those responsible for the attack.