2 Women Charged as PKK Leaders,

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Subject: Re: 2 Women Charged as PKK Leaders, Murder Plotters

6; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 15:11:03 -0800

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Kurds charged in Germany for attempted murder

    BONN, Nov 15 (Reuter) - German prosecutors said on Wednesday
they had charged three supporters of the banned Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) with attempting to murder a party critic.
    Prosecutors accused two women, whom they identified as Azime
Y. and Meryem Y., of being leading figures in the PKK and of
ordering a three-strong death squad to kill the fellow Kurd in
the northern city of Bremen in October last year.
    The victim, Fuat Karaarslan, was a friend of Kurdish
dissident Selim Curukkaya, a critic of the PKK leadership.
    The third suspect, a man identified as Sait B., is accused
of luring the victim to the would-be assassins. They allegedly
beat him with a hammer and a baseball bat, and stabbed him four
times. An operation saved his life.
    Prosecutors have also charged the two women with belonging
to the PKK which is banned in Germany. The man has also been
charged with supporting the organisation.
    The PKK is also banned in Turkey, where it has been waging a
struggle against the authorities for autonomy or independence in
the southeastern part of the country.
    Police have blamed the PKK for a string of arson attacks on
dozens of Turkish properties in Germany.

Copyright 1995, Reuters News Service


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