Tuesday, November 23, 2010

39 ex-Turkish soldiers on trial, charged with killing 12 prison inmates during a riot - Winnipeg Free Press

"39 ex-Turkish soldiers on trial, charged with killing 12 prison inmates during a riot

By: The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish court has begun hearing a case against 39 former military conscripts charged with killing 12 inmates during a prison riot a decade ago.

The defendants were serving in a paramilitary force that transferred political prisoners in 2000 from Istanbul's Bayrampasa prison to new, maximum-security prisons to stop frequent rioting."

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