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| The Grand Turk |
| Five hurt as Turkish cops, Kurds celebrating Nowruz clash |
| 2015-03-20 |
| [Iran Press TV] At least five people have been injured during festivities that broke out between Turkish riot police forces and Kurds celebrating Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring and the Persian New Year, in southeastern ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... . On Thursday, thousands of people attended the Nowruz celebrations organized by the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party in the city of Sirnak, located 1,205 kilometers (748 miles) southeast of the capital, Ankara. Violence erupted when a group of 50 people allegedly threw stones at the coppers deployed in the area. Police, in return, fired water cannon to disperse the crowd. Five coppers and a five-year-old child were maimed during the imbroglio. The six were taken to Sirnak State Hospital to receive medical treatment. |
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