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Three Kurdish women activists 'killed in Paris' 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. Three Kurdish women activists have been found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in the Kurdish Institute of Paris.
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. French Interior Minister Manuel Valls described the killings as "intolerable".
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. 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.
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.
"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. "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 French reporters.
A href="http://www.actukurde.fr/actualites/402/trois-militantes-kurdes-assassinees-a-paris.html" >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. One of the women, Fidan Dogan, 32, worked in the information centre of the Kurdish institute.
A Kurdish news website in France has identified a second as Sakine Cansiz, a founder of the PKK, while the third is said to be a representative of the Brussels-based National Congress of Kurdistan.
Mr Valls said he would visit the scene of the shootings.
"These assassinations are intolerable, and I hope the inquiry will make rapid progress but let's allow the investigators to do their work," he told France-Info radio.
The Federation of Kurdish Assocations in France (Feyka) has called for a demonstration in Paris.
The bodies were found in the early hours of Thursday morning. A Feyka representative Leon Edart, told the French BFM news channel that there were no CCTV cameras in the office.
Mr Edart, who knew the women, said first indications were that the neighbours had heard nothing.