At least nine people were injured Sunday morning after major clashes in front of the Turkish Embassy where votes are being cast in that country’s general election.
The Metropolitan Police Department said the confrontations occurred between Turkish people and ethnic Kurds who had gathered at the embassy, in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, ahead of the Nov. 1 poll.
More than 600 Turkish nationals, including the country’s ethnic minorities, were at the embassy, police said.
Voting for Turkish nationals living in Japan started at 9 a.m. at the embassy.
The scuffling started at around 6:50 a.m. and continued on and off until around 11 a.m., with the MPD mobilizing an anti-riot squad to the scene.
Footage showed police forcibly interrupting a scuffle between Turks and Kurds in front of the embassy.
What the article fails to mention is the amount of discrimination and human rights abuses Kurd's living in Turkey face.
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