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Syrian police kill Kurdish woman in
clashes over homes: lawyer
16.9.2005
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DAMASCUS, Sept 15
(AFP) - 19h30 - A Syrian Kurdish woman was beaten to
death by police Thursday during clashes as police
demolished illegally built housing outside Damascus,
a rights activist and a Kurdish leader said.
The incident in Al-Dimas, 25 kilometres (15 miles)
west of the capital, occurred after fighting erupted
between police and those who lived in the homes.
"The clash happened as police bulldozers proceeded
to demolish illegally built houses inhabited by poor
workers, mainly Kurds," said lawyer and rights
activist Anwar Bunni.
Banned Kurdish group leader Lokman Ousso said the
woman was "fatally beaten by police as she opposed
this operation of destruction", adding that two
other women were injured.
No official confirmation of the incident was
immediately available.
Some 1.5 million Kurds live in Syria, where they
make up around nine percent of the population, amid
frequent complaints of persecution.
AFP
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