Türkei

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2 Kurdish demonstrators killed in clash

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Tensions exploded during a violent demonstration in eastern Turkey Tuesday, resulting in the shooting deaths of two Kurdish demonstrators, an official said.

"They were throwing stones," said Ziya Akkaya, the mayor of Bulanik from the recently banned Kurdish party known as the Democratic Society Party, or DTP. "Then this shopkeeper pulled out an automatic weapon and killed two people and wounded eight." After the shooting," Akkaya told CNN, "the demonstrators burned the man's shop."

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