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| Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris | Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris |
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| Three Kurdish women activists have been found dead with bullet wounds to the neck and chest in the Kurdistan information centre in Paris. | Three Kurdish women activists have been found dead with bullet wounds to the neck and chest in the Kurdistan information centre in Paris. |
| One of the women found in the early hours of Thursday was said to be Sakine Cansiz, a co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK). | |
| Officials in Turkey are currently holding talks with the PKK's jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to persuade the group to disarm. The decades-long conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK has killed about 40,000 people since the 1980s. | Officials in Turkey are currently holding talks with the PKK's jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to persuade the group to disarm. The decades-long conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK has killed about 40,000 people since the 1980s. |
| Another victim of the Paris shootings, Fidan Dogan, was part of the Kurdistan National Congress, based in Brussels. The third was a young activist. | Another victim of the Paris shootings, Fidan Dogan, was part of the Kurdistan National Congress, based in Brussels. The third was a young activist. |
| The bodies were discovered on the first floor of the building in Paris's 10th arrondissement just before 2am after one woman's partner, concerned he could not contact her, called police. | The bodies were discovered on the first floor of the building in Paris's 10th arrondissement just before 2am after one woman's partner, concerned he could not contact her, called police. |
| The French interior minister, Manuel Valls, was at the scene and described the killings as intolerable and unacceptable. He said French anti-terror police would help with the inquiry. French police sources told reporters that the crime scene suggested "an execution", but the circumstances and motive remain unclear. | |
| "The only certainty for the moment is that this is a triple homicide," a French police spokesperson told TF1 news. | "The only certainty for the moment is that this is a triple homicide," a French police spokesperson told TF1 news. |
| French media reported a crowd of between 100 and 200 Kurdish people gathered in front of the building shouting slogans in support of the PKK. | French media reported a crowd of between 100 and 200 Kurdish people gathered in front of the building shouting slogans in support of the PKK. |