Kurdish activist women 'executed' in Paris

Name: Kurdish activist women 'executed' in Paris
Uploaded: 2013-01-10T15:29:27.000Z
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Description: Three Kurdish women activists - including a co-founder of the militant nationalist PKK - have been found dead with gunshot wounds in a Kurdish information centre in Paris.

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Three Kurdish women activists - including a co-founder of the militant nationalist PKK - have been found dead with gunshot wounds in a Kurdish information centre in Paris.

The bodies of Sakine Cansiz and two others were found on Thursday.

The motive for the shootings is unclear. Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK.

The BBC's Christian Fraser explained what is known about the shootings.

Europe

10 January 2013