Dutch police close Kurdish PKK training centre, make 38 arrests

Dutch police close Kurdish PKK training centre, make 38 arrests

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
November 12, 2004, Friday

The Hague

Dutch police shut down a suspected training centre for the banned
Kurdish separatist organization the PKK near the southern city of
Eindhoven Friday, making 29 arrests.

The authorities said a further nine arrests had been made in other
parts of the country. All those arrested gave their nationality as
“Kurdish” but are being regarded as probably Turkish.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by the European Union.

In the raid on the centre, a campsite on a farm in the village of
Liempde, police found night-sight devices, training material and
passports.

Those detained were said to have undergone training for armed struggle
with the PKK.

“There are indications that the participants in the training would
have been sent to Armenia after their training to take part in fighting
for the PKK,” justice authorities said.

Two weeks ago, three men and a woman on their way to the Middle East
were arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. At least one of this
group had been trained at Liempde, a police spokesman said. dpa dt
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