COMMON GRAVE FOUND IN ON OF TURKISH VILLAGES MIGHT BE THE CEMETERY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 7 2006
Turkish gendarmes have ordered the residents of one of the villages
to keep silent about a community grave found on October 17, which
might be a cemetery of Armenian Genocide victims. According to the
Kurdish "Ulkede Ozgur Gundem" newspaper, when digging a grave for
one of their relatives, residents of Kserabebaba village found a cave
full of bones and skulls of about 40 people. The villagers suggested
this was the grave of about 300 Armenian dwellers of Kserabebaba, who
fell victims of the 1915 genocide. They applied the Police Department
of Ankara. Turkish Army Officers ordered to close the entry to the
cave and keep silent about the Armenian remnants revealed in the
village. They assured that investigation would be launched on the
case. However, the Kurdish paper informs that Turkish Police tried
to conceal the information. Journalists were not allowed to enter
the cave. The village dwellers were instructed not to show the way
to the cavern.