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Iraq Kurds Identify Suspected Shooter of Turkish Diplomat
2019-07-20
[AnNahar] Iraqi Kurdish authorities Friday identified a Kurdish man from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
as the suspected shooter in the murder of a Ottoman Turkish diplomat, as Ottoman Turkish state media said he's the brother of an opposition politician.

Mazloum Dag, 27, is "wanted" for Wednesday's murder of Ottoman Turkish Vice Consul Osman and two Iraqis at a restaurant in the regional capital Arbil, the area's counterterrorism unit said.

A wanted notice released by the unit showed two photos of a black-haired young man with a close-cut beard, with one image apparently taken from CCTV footage.

"We call on all citizens to provide security services with information about this suspect as soon as possible," the counterterrorism unit said, adding that Dag is from Diyarbakir in Turkey.

It called the murder a "terrorist" act.

Turkey's Anadolu state news agency said the suspect is the brother of Dersim Dag, a member of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party, the People's Democratic Party (HDP).

The HDP, the country's second largest opposition group, is regularly accused by President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
of links to Turkey's outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

It "strongly" condemned the Arbil attack, calling it an "absolutely unacceptable provocation attempt".

The HDP also slammed the accusation that one of its deputies was "designated as a target because of his brother", without mentioning any names.

No group has grabbed credit for the attack.
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