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Three Kurdish women activists killed in Paris Kurdish PKK co-founder Sakine Cansiz shot dead in Paris
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Three Kurdish women activists have been found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in the Kurdish Institute of Paris. Three Kurdish women activists - including a co-founder of the militant separatist PKK - have been found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in the Kurdish Institute of Paris.
One of the women is said to be a co-founder of the militant Kurdish separatist movement, the PKK. The bodies of Sakine Cansiz and two others were found on Thursday.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls described the killings as "intolerable". French Interior Minister Manuel Valls called the killings "intolerable".
The motive for the shootings is unclear. Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK.The motive for the shootings is unclear. Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK.
However, Turkey has recently begun talks with the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, with the aim of persuading the group to disarm.However, Turkey has recently begun talks with the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, with the aim of persuading the group to disarm.
"The scene [of the crime] could give rise to the idea that this was an execution, but the investigation will have to establish the exact circumstances of this incident," a police source told French reporters. Locked doors
One of the women, Fidan Dogan, 32, worked in the information centre of the Kurdish institute. The three women were last seen inside the information centre of the Kurdish institute on Wednesday afternoon. A member of the Kurdish community tried to visit the centre but found the doors were locked.
A href="http://www.actukurde.fr/actualites/402/trois-militantes-kurdes-assassinees-a-paris.html" >Kurdish news website in France has identified a second as Sakine Cansiz, a founder of the PKK, while the third is said to be a representative of the Brussels-based National Congress of Kurdistan. Their bodies were found in the early hours on Thursday. All three had been shot in the head, police said.
Mr Valls said he would visit the scene of the shootings. Along with Sakine Cansiz, a second woman has been named as Fidan Dogan, 32, who worked in the information centre.
"These assassinations are intolerable, and I hope the inquiry will make rapid progress but let's allow the investigators to do their work," he told France-Info radio. The third, named as Leyla Soylemez, was a young activist.
The Federation of Kurdish Assocations in France (Feyka) has called for a demonstration in Paris. Members of the Kurdish community demonstrated outside the information centre as Mr Valls arrived.
The bodies were found in the early hours of Thursday morning. A Feyka representative Leon Edart, told the French BFM news channel that there were no CCTV cameras in the office. The three women had "undoubtedly" been executed, Mr Valls said, adding that the French authorities were determined to "shed light on this act".
"In this neighbourhood, in this Kurdish information centre, in the 10th arrondissement [district] where many Kurds live, I also came to express my sympathy to the relatives and close friends of these three women," he said.
A representative of the Federation of Kurdish Assocations in France (Feyka), Leon Edart, told the French BFM news channel that there were no CCTV cameras in the office.
Mr Edart, who knew the women, said first indications were that the neighbours had heard nothing.Mr Edart, who knew the women, said first indications were that the neighbours had heard nothing.