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MULTIMEDIA
May 27, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dutch police arrest suspected terrorist leader

26 February 2010 / REUTERS WITH TODAY'S ZAMAN, AMSTERDAM
Dutch police have arrested a suspected leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during a border patrol in the south-east of the country, a Justice Ministry official said on Thursday.
The man, identified as Hasan Adir, was arrested on Jan. 19 when he drove into the Netherlands from Germany with two other people.

The spokesman said Turkey has requested the extradition of Adir, but he has objected and has requested a court hearing, which will be held on March 18 in the southern city of Roermond.

Some 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict with the outlawed PKK since the terrorist group took up arms in 1984.

Adir can appeal to his extradition ultimately at the Supreme Court. The Dutch Justice Minister will make a final decision, the spokesman said.

Turkey had asked for his arrest because they suspect he was recruiting people for the armed wing of the outlawed PKK in Iraq, Dutch news agency ANP reported.

 
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