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KurdistanObserver.com
Thirteen Injured As Turkish Police Clash With Kurdish
Protestors
DIYARBAKIR,(Northern Kurdistan), Jan 23 (AFP) -
Thirteen people were injured Sunday when police clashed with protestors at a
funeral in southeastern Turkey for two Kurdish rebels killed in a shootout with
security forces, local sources said.
A row erupted when the crowd attending the funeral in the city of Siirt
refused to bury the dead in graves designated by local authorities and insisted
on burying them elsewhere.
When police refused, the crowd began pelting officers with stones and sticks
while police used truncheons and tear gas against the protestors.
Some officers were seen firing shots into the air. Three protestors and 10
police officers were injured in the scuffles.
It was not immediately clear if anyone was detained. |
