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Gönültaş
burried in Mersin
Ümit Gönültaş, who was reportedly shot dead
yesterday by the police in Kurdali District,
Toroslar, Mersin, has today been laid to rest in the
Graveyard of the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality.
After the funeral arrangements were carried out in
the Halil Ibrahim Mosque in Güneş District, the
coffin was brought to the Graveyard of the Mersin
Metropolitan Municipality following a 3-hour-lasting
march. Ümit Gönültaş's coffin covered with
yellow-red-green colours there and buried in the
ground with prays and the slogans ''Martyrs don't
die", "Live long leader Apo", "The fellow of Apo is
immortal".
Hasan Özgüneş of the Democratic People's Party (DEHAP
), making a declaration at the graveyard, states
they condemn the attack with anger and announced
that a press conference on the issue was going to be
held in front of the Taşbina at 12:00 midday.
After the burial of the funeral, thousands of people
protested the murder of Ümit Gönültaş, who is
claimed to have been killed by the police at the
time of the Feb.15 protests. The Police intervening
in post-burial demonstrations caused a person named
Cihan Geçkin to be wounded. He was taken to the
Mersin State Hospital.
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