Elci and two police officers were shot dead in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir when members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) clashed with security forces, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said Saturday.
It was not immediately clear who fired the fatal shots.
As Elci's body was taken from a local hospital, those in the cortege carried banners that read, "We will never forget you," in Turkish and Kurdish, the Anadolu news agency reported .... http://www.dpa-international.com
