The property of an Alevi family in Sürgü has reportedly been vandalized, soon after an attack on an Alevi family in Malatya’s village 0f Sürgü, Hurriyet reports.
The district prosecutor has initiated an investigation into the incident.
Cemal Mazıcı’s car tires were slashed, and curse words as well as “Death to Alevis” were written on his car the night of Aug. 16 in Sürgü village in the eastern province of Malatya, daily Cumhuriyet reported. Mazıcı, who discovered the damage when he left his house in the morning and reported the situation to the gendarmerie. The district prosecutor started an investigation into the incident while gendarmerie teams inspected the car.
On July 26, the home of an Alevi family was stoned and their stables were burned down by an angry mob of 100-150 people in Malatya after Hasan Hüseyin Evli allegedly told a Ramadan drummer not to wake them for sahur, the meal before sunrise. Another member of the Evli family, Servet Evli, claimed that pressure and threats directed at them continued in the neighborhood.
