Remains of PKK or people in custody?
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:32 pmEleven villagers from the township of Kulp in the south eastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir went missing 15 years ago while being held in detention.
The results of DNA testing carried out by a forensic laboratory in Istanbul has proved that human remains found in a mass grave in Turkey’s Kulp district belong to 11 villagers who disappeared 15 years ago while apparently in official custody.
Samples taken from the bodies found in the mass grave were sent for forensic examination and the evidence show that the 11 people had died as the results of having shot and set on fire. The biological examination of the remains and clothing also showed evidence of burning.
The mass grave was discovered in 2004 after a landslide brought on by heavy rains. Local villagers applied to the Human Right Association (IHD) for assistance in identifying the bodies.
While locals claims that the 11 persons disappeared while in custody, a former member of the terrorist organisation the terrorist group the PKK, Arif Sakik, gave a statement to prosecutors that the bodies belonged to militants of the PKK and that they had been killed during an internal conflict within the organisation.
http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/361191.asp
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Who do you think those bodies belong to? Those villagers were in detention of the Turkish police? This news is full with contradictions.
The results of DNA testing carried out by a forensic laboratory in Istanbul has proved that human remains found in a mass grave in Turkey’s Kulp district belong to 11 villagers who disappeared 15 years ago while apparently in official custody.
Samples taken from the bodies found in the mass grave were sent for forensic examination and the evidence show that the 11 people had died as the results of having shot and set on fire. The biological examination of the remains and clothing also showed evidence of burning.
The mass grave was discovered in 2004 after a landslide brought on by heavy rains. Local villagers applied to the Human Right Association (IHD) for assistance in identifying the bodies.
While locals claims that the 11 persons disappeared while in custody, a former member of the terrorist organisation the terrorist group the PKK, Arif Sakik, gave a statement to prosecutors that the bodies belonged to militants of the PKK and that they had been killed during an internal conflict within the organisation.
http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/361191.asp
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Who do you think those bodies belong to? Those villagers were in detention of the Turkish police? This news is full with contradictions.
