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3 KURDISH WOMEN ASSASSINATED IN PARIS [UPDATED]
http://asbarez.com/107504/3-kurdish-women-assassinated-in-paris/
Thursday, January 10th, 2013 | Posted by Contributor
Members of France's Kurdish community gather on Thursday while two men,
seen left, carry the body of one of the three women slain in Paris
(AFP Photo)
PARIS (Combined Sources)-Three Kurdish women were shot dead in Paris
in killings that appeared politically motivated, police and other
sources said Thursday.
The bodies of the women were found at the Information Center of
Kurdistan, a police source said. The center has close links to
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Sakine Cansiz
The dead include Sakine Cansiz, one of the co-founders of the
PKK, currently in negotiations with Ankara to establish a cease
fire. The two others victims were Kurdistan National Committee (KNC)
representative and head of the Kurdish institute Fidan Dogan, and
activist Leyla Soylemez.
The French interior minister Manuel Valls said the three were
"summarily executed."
"There is no doubt this was politically motivated," center employee
Berivan Akyol told French broadcaster iTele.
Firat reported that two of those killed were shot in the head and one
in the stomach, and that the murder weapon was believed to have been
fitted with a silencer.
"A couple of colleagues saw blood stains at the door. When they broke
the door open and entered they saw the three women had been executed,"
French Kurdish Associations Federation Chairman Mehmet Ulker was
quoted as saying by Firat.
The Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF)
condemned the assassination on Thursday and offered condolences to
the Kurdish community of France.
"We believe that the attack bears the hallmarks of Turkish nationalists
who have highly structured networks in France and Europe.
The French government should take all necessary steps, including
extreme ones, to stop the Turkish paramilitary organizations that
operate outside the law," said the CCAF statement.
"The ties of these Turkish nationalist organizations to the Turkish
state are well known to the public," added the statement.
"The CCAF believes that the targets of Turkish nationalists are not
safe in France today and appeals to the French government to take
extraordinary measures to ensure the safety of individuals, activists
and Kurdish and Armenian institutions," urged the statement.
The Turkish government and the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on
Tuesday agreed on a framework for a plan to end the Kurdish-Turkish
conflict envisioning Kurdish disarmament in exchange for increased
minority rights, the Turkish Radikal reported.
The newspaper said senior intelligence officials had held meetings
with PKK chief Abdullah Ocalan in his island jail near Istanbul,
yielding a four-stage plan to halt the conflict.
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/107504/3-kurdish-women-assassinated-in-paris/
Thursday, January 10th, 2013 | Posted by Contributor
Members of France's Kurdish community gather on Thursday while two men,
seen left, carry the body of one of the three women slain in Paris
(AFP Photo)
PARIS (Combined Sources)-Three Kurdish women were shot dead in Paris
in killings that appeared politically motivated, police and other
sources said Thursday.
The bodies of the women were found at the Information Center of
Kurdistan, a police source said. The center has close links to
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Sakine Cansiz
The dead include Sakine Cansiz, one of the co-founders of the
PKK, currently in negotiations with Ankara to establish a cease
fire. The two others victims were Kurdistan National Committee (KNC)
representative and head of the Kurdish institute Fidan Dogan, and
activist Leyla Soylemez.
The French interior minister Manuel Valls said the three were
"summarily executed."
"There is no doubt this was politically motivated," center employee
Berivan Akyol told French broadcaster iTele.
Firat reported that two of those killed were shot in the head and one
in the stomach, and that the murder weapon was believed to have been
fitted with a silencer.
"A couple of colleagues saw blood stains at the door. When they broke
the door open and entered they saw the three women had been executed,"
French Kurdish Associations Federation Chairman Mehmet Ulker was
quoted as saying by Firat.
The Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF)
condemned the assassination on Thursday and offered condolences to
the Kurdish community of France.
"We believe that the attack bears the hallmarks of Turkish nationalists
who have highly structured networks in France and Europe.
The French government should take all necessary steps, including
extreme ones, to stop the Turkish paramilitary organizations that
operate outside the law," said the CCAF statement.
"The ties of these Turkish nationalist organizations to the Turkish
state are well known to the public," added the statement.
"The CCAF believes that the targets of Turkish nationalists are not
safe in France today and appeals to the French government to take
extraordinary measures to ensure the safety of individuals, activists
and Kurdish and Armenian institutions," urged the statement.
The Turkish government and the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan on
Tuesday agreed on a framework for a plan to end the Kurdish-Turkish
conflict envisioning Kurdish disarmament in exchange for increased
minority rights, the Turkish Radikal reported.
The newspaper said senior intelligence officials had held meetings
with PKK chief Abdullah Ocalan in his island jail near Istanbul,
yielding a four-stage plan to halt the conflict.
From: A. Papazian