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Denmark police arrest eight for financing PKK

Türkiye Materials 18 September 2012 16:43 (UTC +04:00)
Denmark police arrest eight for financing PKK
Denmark police arrest eight for financing PKK

Danish police said on Tuesday that they have arrested eight people suspected of financially supporting the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Today`s Zaman reported

Investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said a total of 140 million kroner ($24.6 million) were shipped from Denmark to the PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the European Union.

He said some 67 million kroner ($11.8 million) were raised in the past three years alone among Kurds in Denmark.

Tuesday's arrest is linked to a court a case where a Kurdish-language TV station broadcasting from Europe was found guilty of breaching Denmark's anti-terror laws.

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