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| Paris PKK shooting: Chauffeur under formal inquiry | Paris PKK shooting: Chauffeur under formal inquiry |
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| An associate of three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris earlier this month has been placed under formal investigation for their murder. | An associate of three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris earlier this month has been placed under formal investigation for their murder. |
| The 30-year-old man is described as a chauffeur to the Kurdish activists. One, Sakine Cansiz, was a founding member of the armed militant PKK. | The 30-year-old man is described as a chauffeur to the Kurdish activists. One, Sakine Cansiz, was a founding member of the armed militant PKK. |
| The three were found shot in the head in a Kurdish community centre in Paris. | The three were found shot in the head in a Kurdish community centre in Paris. |
| Turkey has implied they may have been the victim of an internal feud. Others suspect Turkish ultra-nationalists. | Turkey has implied they may have been the victim of an internal feud. Others suspect Turkish ultra-nationalists. |
| The suspect was one of two ethnic Kurds arrested last week by a specialist anti-terrorist unit investigating the killings. The other has since been released. | |
| He is under investigation for carrying out the murders as part of a terrorist group, and conspiracy to commit murder as part of a terrorist group, the French news agency AFP reported. | |
| "We believe he is is likely to have been the killer or one of the killers," Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said. | |
| The women were shot days after Turkey announced it was holding tentative peace talks with the PKK's jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan. | |
| The Turkish government suggested the attack could have been intended to derail the peace process. | |
| But French police are also examining whether the killings were linked to extortion rackets used to raise funds for the PKK, AFP reports. | |
| The PKK is regarded as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU and the US. |