"Kurds Stage Violent Protests in Turkey
Wednesday February 15, 2006 3:31 PM
By SELCAN HACAOGLU
Associated Press Writer
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish protesters armed with firebombs and stones battled with Turkish police Wednesday to mark the seventh anniversary of guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture.
Dozens of demonstrators threw rocks and firebombs at riot police who tried to disperse the demonstrators in the southeastern town of Cizre in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. Police fired tear gas and warning shots in the air to disperse them."
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