Three Women Kurdish Activists Dead In Paris

Three Kurdish women were found dead with gun shots to the head early
Thursday. The bodies were found about 2 a.m. in the Information Center
for Kurdistan in Paris, in a central district of the capital, a police
representative said. Turkish town on Syrian border deals with
fighting, ethnic differences A criminal investigation is under way,
according to police. They have not yet confirmed the names or ages of
the three women. However, the main pro-Kurdish political party in
Turkey, the Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, identified the three
victims as Sakine Cansiz, Leyla Sonmez and Fidan Dogan. Cansiz is
widely reported to be a co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or
PKK, which is viewed as a terror organization by the United States,
European Union and other. Dogan was the head of the Information Center
for Kurdistan and that she was known to many in the community through
her work.
CNN