Suspect in killings of 3 Kurdish activists dies in Paris
PARIS — The man suspected of killing three Kurdish activists in Paris in 2013 has died from brain disease, Paris prosecutors said Sunday.
Omer Guney’s trial was scheduled next month. His death on Saturday in a Paris hospital ends legal action in the case.
Guney, 34, was charged with murder in the killings of Sakine Cansiz, who helped found the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, a rebel group seeking autonomy for Turkey’s Kurds; and Leyla Soylemez and Fidan Dogan, both Kurdish activists.