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| Pro-Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci shot dead in Turkey | Pro-Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci shot dead in Turkey |
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| A prominent pro-Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist has been shot dead in Turkey's south-eastern city of Diyarbakir. | A prominent pro-Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist has been shot dead in Turkey's south-eastern city of Diyarbakir. |
| Tahir Elci was killed in a gun battle between police and unidentified gunmen. | Tahir Elci was killed in a gun battle between police and unidentified gunmen. |
| He had been making a statement calling for an end to violence between the Turkish state and the Kurdish rebel group the PKK when he was shot dead. | He had been making a statement calling for an end to violence between the Turkish state and the Kurdish rebel group the PKK when he was shot dead. |
| Police in Istanbul fired water cannon to disperse crowds demonstrating against Mr Elci's death. | |
| A policeman also died in Saturday's clash. A curfew has now been imposed in the neighbourhood where Mr Elci was shot. | A policeman also died in Saturday's clash. A curfew has now been imposed in the neighbourhood where Mr Elci was shot. |
| Mr Elci, who was head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, had previously been detained and received death threats after saying the separatist PKK should not be regarded as a terrorist organisation. | Mr Elci, who was head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, had previously been detained and received death threats after saying the separatist PKK should not be regarded as a terrorist organisation. |
| In July violence resumed in the conflict between the army and the PKK after a ceasefire collapsed. | |
| "We do not want guns, clashes and operations here", Mr Elci was saying before being shot. | "We do not want guns, clashes and operations here", Mr Elci was saying before being shot. |
| "The moment the statement ended, the crowd was sprayed with bullets," a local official from the pro-Kurdish HDP party, Omer Tastan, told Reuters. | "The moment the statement ended, the crowd was sprayed with bullets," a local official from the pro-Kurdish HDP party, Omer Tastan, told Reuters. |
| The US embassy in Ankara said it was "shocked" at Mr Elci's "tragic death", calling him a "a courageous defender of human rights". | The US embassy in Ankara said it was "shocked" at Mr Elci's "tragic death", calling him a "a courageous defender of human rights". |
| Dozens of people have been killed since the Turkish state and the PKK resumed fighting in July. | Dozens of people have been killed since the Turkish state and the PKK resumed fighting in July. |