VOA: Germany/Turks

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------ Forwarded from : Haldun Haznedar <haldun at avalanche.micro.ti.com> --------

date=3/21/95
byline= Dagmar Breitenbach

Intro: Arsonists attacked a newspaper office and Turkish banks
in several German cities early today (Tuesday) in the latest of
the firebombings of Turkish businesses and mosques in Germany.
VOA's Dagmar Breitenbach reports police suspect Kurdish
extremists are responsible.

Text: No one was injured and little damage was done in the
firebombings, but police detained two suspects in Gelsenkirchen,
where petrol bombs were hurled at a Turkish bank. Another bank
was attacked in Cologne, as well as a travel bureau and the
offices of Hurriyet newspaper in Berlin.

There have been similar incidents throughout Germany every night
for the past week. With almost two-million people, the Turks are
Germany's largest foreign community. No one has claimed
responsibility for the attacks, but police suspect the banned
Kurdistan Workers' Party -- the PKK -- is behind the arson.
The party has been fighting the government in Ankara since 1984
for an independent homeland in southeastern Turkey.

The Turkish ambassador to Bonn, Onur Oeymen, called on the German
police to provide more protection for Turks living here. German
Interior Minister Manfred Kanther has condemned the attacks,
urging police in Germany's 16 states to increase their protection
of Turkish premises.

21-Mar-95 7:36 am EST (1236 utc)

Source: Voice of America

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