Five other victims filed suit May 3 seeking more than $100 million in damages from Turkey. is among those suing Turkey over injuries he said were inflicted by security guards. [Nine injured in violent confrontation outside Turkish ambassador’s residence]A spokesman for the Turkish Embassy in Washington could not immediately be reached for comment. The lawsuits follow attempted U.S. criminal prosecution of 15 security guards with Erdogan, as well as two individual Canadians and two Americans. [Federal prosecutors dismiss assault charges against 11 Turkish guards in D.C. brawl]Two American citizens who assaulted protesters were each sentenced to 366 days in jail in April, the first criminal punishments in the incident.

Source: Washington Post May 10, 2018 20:41 UTC