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| Three Kurdish women activists 'killed in Paris' | |
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| Three Kurdish women activists have been found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in Paris, French media say, citing police sources. | |
| One of the women is said to be a co-founder of the militant Kurdish separatist movement, the PKK. | One of the women is said to be a co-founder of the militant Kurdish separatist movement, the PKK. |
| The bodies were discovered near the Kurdish Institute of Paris. | The bodies were discovered near the Kurdish Institute of Paris. |
| It is not clear what the motive is. Turkey has begun talks with the jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, aimed at convincing the PKK to disarm. | It is not clear what the motive is. Turkey has begun talks with the jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, aimed at convincing the PKK to disarm. |
| Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK. | Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK. |
| "The scene [of the crime] could give rise to the idea that this was an execution, but the investigation will have to establish the exact circumstances of this incident," a police source told the AFP news agency. | |
| A Kurdish news website in France identifies one of the women as Sakine Cansiz, a founder of the PKK, while another is said to be a representative of the Brussels-based National Congress of Kurdistan and the third is a young activist. |