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Soldiers Uncover The Mass Grave In Kulp, Turkey-Kurdistan

DIYARBAKIR 24 Sept (DIHA) - After the weekly newspaper Azadiya Welat published in Kurdish released a news saying there is a mass grave of 9 guerrillas in Kulp, the soldiers uncovered the graves and took the bones, said the locals.

Investigations at first

A shepherd stated that the soldiers came to the spot and did investigations around the grave two days ago after the news published by the weekly Azadiya Welat. He said hundreds of soldiers came there again the following day and took the bones in Kulp.

The shepherd said there were intensive security precautions around the grave so they only could follow the event far from the spot. He said the soldiers are still there

Made public by Azadiya Welat

The news in question had been made public the previous week by the Azadiya Welat newspaper. According to the news the corpses of 9 PKK guerrillas killed by the TSK soldiers in 1998 during a clash were mass graved. The news was based on the statements of a witness of the event and the names of the 6 guerrillas were revealed.