Thursday, July 11, 2013

LOCAL - Police intervene in Ankara as another machete-wielding man threatens protesters

Police intervene in Ankara as another machete-wielding man threatens protesters

ANKARA - Hürriyet

Police in Ankara’s central Kızılay district used water cannons and tear gas against a group of protesters who gathered to commemorate the death of the fifth Gezi protester, Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who succumbed to his injuries June 11. The intervention took place at the junction of Kennedy Avenue and Atatürk Avenue, near the U.S. Embassy, where the demonstrators staged a sit-in.

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