"Turkey: Life Term for Man Who Killed Over Scarf Ban
By REUTERS
Published: February 14, 2008
An Ankara court sentenced Alparslan Arslan, a lawyer who shot at judges inside the Council of State, the top administrative court, in 2006, killing one and wounding four, to life in prison. He said at the start of his trial that he was motivated by a ban on Islamic head scarves in schools. The judges he shot at had supported the ban.
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