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Lice | 19-08-2014 | Protests against the demolition of a monument in the Kurdish city of Lice, dozens of soldiers went today (Tuesday) in the early hours of the morning, the protesters inside before. In this case, the 24-year-old Mehdi Taşkın was murdered by the military shot in the head.
In recent days it came to Turkey to numerous discussions and protests by fascist politicians like the MHP. Occasion of toasted was a monument of Mahsun Korkmaz (co-founder of the Kurdistan Workers‘ Party and first Kommadant of the military wing of the PKK), that day was dedicated to before in Lice. On 15 August, the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ankara decided that the monument be removed immediately muss.Jedoch gathered, to prevent directly after the decision to hundreds of people in front of the monument to the demolition.
In the early morning hours, but drew heavily armed Turkish military units in the small town. With 
tear gas, bullets and live ammunition plastick the forces tried to expel the peaceful demonstrators inside front of the monument. Dozens of shots with live ammunition was fired indiscriminately into the crowd. Several people were seriously injured in part, exact numbers of casualties is not yet known. The 24-year-old Mehdi Taşkın, was hit by a sharp Projektiel directly on Kompf and succumbed to his injuries still in the hospital. After the murder of 24-year demonstrators managed the soldiers to penetrate to the monument and to destroy it.
Toasted go further.
After the murder of 24-year, hundreds of people gathered on the streets again. Although the military and the police try to prevent people from entering the village, dozens of people manage to penetrate the barriers. The military and police go even further with tear gas and water cannons against demonstrators before Hides inside.
In re deaths Demonstartion
Turkey is begannt for their hard and merciless crackdown on demonstrators inside. Only during the Gezi toasted last year a total of 9 people were killed by police, including the 14-year-old Berkin Elvan. In Lice came this year to several deaths, as soldiers and police fired indiscriminately into crowds. Thus, on 6 July this year, 2 aunts Demons killed by live ammunition, and on 9 July a 80-year-old lost due to teargas his life.
