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Written by NTVMSNBC
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
Turkey’s Justice Ministry announced Thursday that two members of the terrorist group the PKK had been extradited from Germany and were now being held in a Turkish prison.
According to a statement issued by the Justice Ministry, Mehmet Iltas and Mehmet Esref Kizilay were being held by German authorities after being taken into custody earlier this year.
Iltas is accused of taking part in terrorist activities such as a raid on a gendarmerie unit in the Genc region of the south eastern province of Bingol in 1991, and an attack on a minibus that left eight dead and another four wounded.
According to the statement, Kizilay was wanted international red-notice on charges of killing a policemen in 1991.
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