Killer of Tahir Elçi identified as PKK-affiliated YDG-H member
by Daily Sabah
ISTANBULNov 29, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
Nov 29, 2015 12:00 am
One of the two suspects behind the murder of the Chairman of Diyarbakır Bar Association Tahir Elçi has been identified as YDG-H member Mahsun Gürkan.
According to reports, Gürkan who is a member of the terrorist organization YDG-H –which is the youth-wing of the PKK- was one of the suspects who fled the scene in a white car after attacking a police vehicle in Diyarbakır a day earlier.
The white car which was used by terrorists to flee the scene has a symbolic meaning as it had been used for unidentified murder and execution cases in the 1990s.
On Saturday, Tahir Elçi and two police officers were killed by terrorists, while three journalists and one police officer were injured.
Elçi was holding a press conference regarding ongoing clashes between security forces and PKK terrorists, and was attacked with automatic rifles and rockets.
Initial autopsy report found that Elçi was killed by a single bullet which entered the back of his neck and exit through his left eye.
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