Suspect arrested for stabbing AK Party deputy in Adana

A suspect was taken to court and officially arrested for injuring a Justice and Development (AK) Party deputy candidate with a knife Saturday, in Turkey's south-central province of Adana, a city security official said Sunday.

The arrest came late on Sunday, a day after the AK Party MP candidate Ramazan Demir was stabbed three times with a knife by two apparently drunk attackers.

Faruk S., 31 was arrested while other suspect Muhammed F., 22, was released by the court.

The two suspects had been taken into custody by police officers at the scene and were transferred to a court Saturday.

Adana governor Mustafa Büyük said Saturday that Demir had not been critically injured.

About 56 million Turks will vote in the country's 25th general election to elect 550 lawmakers to the Turkish Grand National Assembly on June 7.