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Turkish Intel Arrested for Bomb Attacks on Kurds, Turkish Military
November 10, 2005 @ 08:44 (08:44 AM)NEWSDESK, Nov 10 (DozaMe.org) - Three sergeants from the Turkish Gendarmerie Intelligence Service (JIT) have now been arrested for the bomb attack on November 9 against a bookstore owned by a Kurd in the city of Semdinli in northern Kurdistan (southeastern Turkey) after confessing during interrogation. The bookstore owner, Seferi Yilmaz, who was believed to have been killed in the attack was found alive. Master Sergeant Ali Kaya, Staff Sergeant Ãzcan Ildeniz, and a third sergeant who was not named, admitted that they had carried out the bomb attack against the bookstore yesterday. The sergeants, who were interrogated by the Republican Prosecutor of Semdinli, Harun Ayik, also admitted that they had carried out the bomb attack on November 1 outside a military residence in the city, wounding 23 people, of them 3 police officers, 4 soldiers and 16 civilians. With that , Prosecutor Ayik merged both cases into one. Everything unfolded after Kurdish citizens in Semdinli broke into the car from which the Turkish sergeants had carried out the attack on the bookstore. They found weapons, bombs and a suitcase in the car. Opening the suitcase, they found written plans, maps and a death-list consisting of prominent Kurds sympathizing with the PKK. The bookstore owner Seferi Yilmaz name had already been checked in the list. On the maps, the Kurdish citizens saw the marked positions of both the military residence that was bombed on November 1 and Yilmaz's bookstore. Detailed written plans about how the attacks would be carried out was also found. The military ID of Ali Kaya was confiscated by the Kurds who captured the sergeants. Pictures of the sergeants were also taken by the citizens. The pictures are believed to be published soon. The bookstore owner Seferi Yilmaz, who was initially announced dead, was found alive among the rubble. The unrest in Semdinli continues as upset citizens demand a full disclosure Posted by: Wheang Throluling4284 2005-11-11 |
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