 Convicted Turkish DHKP-C militant Fehriye Erdal has disappeared, just a day after being jailed for four years.
| Ummm... Are we missing something here? Have you looked in her cell? |
A DHKP-C spokesman, the Justice Ministry and the federal public prosecution office have confirmed her disappearance.
| "Yep. We looked and she ain't there." |
Police conducted house raids on Tuesday night but to no avail, the DHKP-C spokesman said, news agency Belga reported on Wednesday. "Searches were held at various addresses — such as at my house and in the apartment of my mother on the floor below me — despite the fact her place of hiding is not with me or my family," he said. "I have no idea where she now is."
| "I looked around me and — thhhhhp! — she wuz gone!" |
The Interior Ministry has refused to comment on the matter, referring questions to the Justice Ministry where a Francophone spokeswoman said: "Fehriye Erdal is missing and is being internationally sought." After sources first told Turkish media that the convicted militant was missing, the Belgian federal public prosecution office also confirmed reports that Erdal had not yet been arrested. Brugge Court sentenced Erdal to four years jail on Tuesday. Six other DHKP-C members were sentenced to jail terms ranging from four to six years. The DHKP-C is accused of trying to overthrow the Turkish government and is considered by the US and the EU as a terrorist organisation. |