Turkey’s PM calls Israeli raid on Turkish aid vessel ‘bloody massacre,’ blow to world peace

Turkish PM calls Israeli raid a ‘massacre’

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister is calling Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid vessel that killed nine people a “bloody massacre.”

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says “this bloody massacre by Israel on ships that were taking humanitarian aid to Gaza deserves every kind of curse.”

He says “this attack is on international law, the conscience of humanity and world peace.”