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Germany arrests suspected Kurdish
extremist
22.10.2005
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BERLIN, Oct 21 (AFP)
- 17h18 - A Turk of Kurdish origin has been arrested
in Germany on suspicion of being a leading member of
the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Turkey
considers to be a terrorist group, the federal
prosecutor's office announced on Friday.
The man, named only as Halil D., 36, was arrested at
the central station of the western city of Darmstadt
on Thursday.
He is "strongly suspected of being a ringleader in
Germany of the PKK", a statement from the federal
prosecutor's office said.
Working under the name Sefkan, he is suspected of
being the financial controller of two front
organisations for the PKK which collect funds "to
arm the guerrillas and finance the party machinery
in the Middle East".
"The PKK is mainly funded through the imposition of
'taxes' on Kurds living in Europe," the statement
added.
The PKK has waged a bloody separatist campaign in
Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast since 1984 in a
conflict that has claimed some 37,000 lives.
Attacks escalated in the region this year after the
PKK called off a five-year unilateral ceasefire in
June 2004.
Turkey has long accused European and neighbouring
countries of tolerating PKK activities on their
soil.
AFP
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