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| Bones in Turkish 'acid well' | |
| 2009-03-16 | |
| Investigators discovered part of a human skull and other remains at a site in southeastern Turkey where the bodies of Kurdish victims of alleged extrajudicial killings are suspected to have been doused in acid and buried. A number of bones, remnants of hair and human clothing were also found in what local media referred to as an "acid well." This is the first investigation into the whereabouts of Kurds who disappeared during the long war between Turkish security forces and rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. More than 30,000 people, mostly ethnic Kurds, were killed during the conflict, which has simmered since 1984. The investigation began after a former informant from the PKK said people had been murdered by anti-terrorism squads in the 1990s and then buried in wells.
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| Posted by:Fred |