KONGRA-GEL Deputy Leader Arrested in Germany

25/01/2005

BERLIN, Germany -- A deputy chairman of the KONGRA-GEL terrorist group has been arrested in southern Germany, a spokesman for prosecutors in the city of Nuremberg confirmed on Monday (24 January). Remzi Kartal was arrested on an international warrant issued by Turkey on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organisation, he said. Kartal is based in Brussels but was in Germany to attend a cultural function, according to the MHA news agency. KONGRA-GEL is the new name of the Kurdistan Workers' Party. (CNN Turk - 25/01/05; AFP - 24/01/05)

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