One Killed in Pro-Kurdish Protest in Southeast Turkey

by Naharnet Newsdesk 07 October 2014, 17:59

One person was killed on Tuesday in southeast Turkey when police clashed with hundreds of pro-Kurdish protesters demonstrating over the onslaught by jihadists on the Syrian border town of Kobane.

There were conflicting reports about how the 25-year-old protester was killed in the clashes in the city of Mus, with the Hurriyet newspaper saying the protester died of a gunshot wound after being caught in crossfire.

But NTV television said he was killed after being struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by police to disperse the protesters.

Source: Agence France Presse

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