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Turkey: Parade for slain Kurdish rebel
turns violent
27.2.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan,Turkey, - Turkish riot police clashed with
Kurdish protesters parading the coffin of a slain
separatist Kurdish fighter through the streets of
the southeastern city of Diyarbakir
(Kurdistan-Turkey) on Sunday, media reports said.
About 10 people, including police and journalists
were injured in the melee after a hospital handed
over the body of one of seven guerrillas killed by
security forces to the man’s family for burial.
Protesters chanted slogans of the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers’ Party and threw rocks and sticks at police
who retaliated with baton charges, tear gas and
water cannons.
Seven rebels were killed in an army operation on
Thursday and Friday in the neighbouring province of
Mardin, the local governor said. Officials initially
put the death toll at eight. Troops seized seven
rifles and two kilograms of explosives in a cave
where the militants were hiding.
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