Turkish politicians traded kicks and punches and threw water at each other inside the country’s parliament.
Members of Turkey’s ruling AK Party and pro-Kurdish opposition were debating a law lifting parliamentarians’ immunity from prosecution.
Tempers flared and some parliamentarians were seen launching themselves into the melee from a table.
Others threw water at each other and at least one person could be heard taunting opponents by shouting, “Come on, come on”, according to reports.
Several lawmakers were reportedly hurt during the scuffle.
The law, championed by the ruling AKP, would strip members of parliament of their legal immunity.
The Kurdish-rooted Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) says the bill is targeting them and is aimed at suppressing dissent.
A session last week on the constitutional changes also broke up in violence.
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