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Turkey: Dozens detained at border over suspected PKK links
8 October 2014 13:29 BST
AFP:
Turkey detained dozens of Kurds who crossed the border from the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on suspicion of having links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), officials said Wednesday.
A local official in the Turkish border town of Suruc told AFP around 265 people were taken into custody for fingerprint identification after they crossed from the mainly Kurdish town under attack from IS.
"Their fingerprints will be identified entirely for security purposes. They could be members of the organisation," he said, referring to the PKK, as Turkey's government refrains from calling the group by its name.
He said they had not been placed under formal arrest.