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| Saleh Muslim: Syrian Kurdish leader arrested in Prague | Saleh Muslim: Syrian Kurdish leader arrested in Prague |
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| A prominent Syrian-Kurdish leader has been arrested in the Czech capital Prague on a warrant issued by Turkey. | A prominent Syrian-Kurdish leader has been arrested in the Czech capital Prague on a warrant issued by Turkey. |
| Saleh Muslim, a former co-chair of the main Syrian-Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was arrested early on Sunday. | Saleh Muslim, a former co-chair of the main Syrian-Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was arrested early on Sunday. |
| The Turkish justice ministry said it has begun efforts to have Mr Muslim extradited. | The Turkish justice ministry said it has begun efforts to have Mr Muslim extradited. |
| Turkey views him as a terrorist and had offered $1 million (£715,000) for his arrest. | Turkey views him as a terrorist and had offered $1 million (£715,000) for his arrest. |
| He has been indicted over a February 2016 bombing in Ankara that targeted a convoy of busses at the military headquarters during the evening rush hour, killing 37 people. | |
| "Upon finding the person in question was in the Czech Republic... it was demanded that he be captured and arrested to be extradited," the ministry said in a statement. | "Upon finding the person in question was in the Czech Republic... it was demanded that he be captured and arrested to be extradited," the ministry said in a statement. |
| The Turkish government regards the PYD as an offshoot of the armed PKK group. It sees the PYD and its associated militia, the YPG, as terrorists. | The Turkish government regards the PYD as an offshoot of the armed PKK group. It sees the PYD and its associated militia, the YPG, as terrorists. |
| Turkey is currently carrying out a major military campaign against Syrian Kurdish fighters in the Afrin region of northern Syria. | Turkey is currently carrying out a major military campaign against Syrian Kurdish fighters in the Afrin region of northern Syria. |