Kurdish Man Charged With PKK Leadership Role in Germany

AP – 2010-04-10

German prosecutors say they have charged a 43-year-old Turkish Kurd on allegations he was a leader in Germany of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.PKK-Flag-300x199


Federal prosecutors said Monday that Abdullah S. was charged on February 18 with allegedly running the organization’s central sector in Germany from June 2003 to June 2004.

They said the suspect allegedly coordinated organizational, financial, propaganda and personnel matters for the group while operating under the alias Hamza.

No trial date has been set.

PKK guerrillas have been fighting for self-rule in southeastern Turkey since 1984.

Source: AP

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