Diyarbakır Bar Association Head Elçi Killed In Shootout

Head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association Tahir Elçi was killed during a shootout in the southeastern province which erupted as he was making a statement to the press, mayor of Diyarbakır said.

Co-Mayor Fırat Anlı wrote that Elçi, a leading rights activist, was killed on his Twitter account.

Witnesses said a man started firing at a group that included Elçi, other lawyers and members of the press as Elçi was delivering his statement, a Doğan news agency reporter told private broadcaster CNN Türk. Police teams in the area fired back, sparking a gunfire, he said, adding that a journalist was also wounded. (Cihan/Today's Zaman)

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Saturday, November 28, 2015
Var of Elçi's dead body on the ground
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