Saturday, April 01, 2006

Kurdish riots in Turkey


A Turkish riot police uses a catapult against the demonstrators during clashes in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, March 30, 2006


Protesters throw stones to the riot police as they stand in front of a burning barricade during clashes in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, March 30, 2006. The violence erupted on Tuesday after funeral ceremonies for 14 guerrillas of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), killed by security forces in a military operation last weekend. TURKEY OUT REUTERS/Anatolian News Agency

3 Comments:

At 10:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is the cop shooting from his shotgun? I heard some guys died in that riot.

 
At 12:19 AM, Blogger Riot Porn said...

Yeah, that's what it looks like. The press caption said they were shooting "tear gas", but I've never seen tear gas being shot from a shotgun!

3 people were killed in the riots.

 
At 6:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

its not the first time.. and i definetly dont think its the last.

sick and tired of this shit, i hope they keep on rioting this time.

 

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