Thursday, January 10, 2013

Kurdish PKK Co-Founder Assassinated



Kurdish PKK Co-Founder Sakine Cansiz Shot Dead In Paris -- BBC

Three Kurdish women activists - including a co-founder of the militant nationalist PKK - have been found dead with gunshot wounds in a Kurdish information centre in Paris.

The bodies of Sakine Cansiz and two others were found on Thursday.

France and Turkey both condemned the killings.

The motive for the shootings is unclear. Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK.

However, Turkey has recently begun talks with the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, with the aim of persuading the group to disarm.

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More News On Today's Assassination Of Kurdish PKK Co-Founder And Two Others

Top Kurdish Militant Is Among Three Slain in Paris -- New York Times
France says 3 Kurdish women ‘executed’ in Paris; Kurds call it a ‘political assassination’ -- Washington Post/AP
Three Kurdish Activists Shot Dead in Paris -- Wall Street Journal
Kurds Assasinated in Paris, France Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
3 Kurdish women political activists shot dead in Paris -- CNN
PKK founder among three women ‘executed’ in Paris -- Al Arabiya
Theories Link Paris Murders to Kurdish Peace Moves -- Harvey Morris, Internatinal Herald Tribune
Kurdish leader's murder in Paris threatens tentative Turkish-PKK peace deal -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
Sakine Cansiz: 'a legend among PKK members' -- The Guardian
Profile: The PKK -- BBC

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