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Subject: Munich Court Sentences Three PKK Members

Munich Court Sentences Three PKK Members 

MUNICH, Germany, Dec 5 (Reuter) - A German court convicted three members
of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Thursday of membership in
a terrorist organisation and responsibility for crimes including attacks
on Turkish shops. 

The Munich court, which said the three were "professional cadres of the
PKK," gave two of the men suspended two-year sentences and sent the
third to jail for 22 months. 

During the two-month trial, the defendents denied prosecution charges
they were regional PKK leaders for the southern German cities of
Nuremberg, Munich and Freiburg. 

The prosecution said the men, named only as Erhan S., Kemal C. and Fevzi
A., had passed on orders for illegal protests and violent attacks from
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. 

It said these acts ranged from firebombings to murder but did not accuse
the three of participating in any specific indicent. 

The PKK, fighting Ankara for establishment of an independent Kurdistan
including eastern territories of Turkey, has used Germany as a major
exile centre and carried out a series of attacks on Turkish targets
here. 


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