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Kurdish activist killed in eastern Syria

07 October 2011 19:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Syrian Kurdish activist Mashaal Tammo was killed Friday in Syria’s eastern Qamishli region, a well informed Kurdish source told Xinhua, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The source said on condition of anonymity that unidentified gunmen opened fire at Tammo, his son and a member of the Kurdish Future Movement. Tammo died of his wounds after he was sent to hospital.

A Kurdish activist group was quoted by the al-Arabiya TV as saying that "we hold the Syrian security service responsible for the killing."

Tammo is a Kurdish human rights activist as well as spokesperson for the opposition Kurdish Future Movement in Syria. He is also a member of the Committee for Revival of the Civil Society.

He had been arrested several times by the Syrian authorities over his political views and survived an assassination attempt last month.

Tammo’s assassination came as protests erupted across Syria on Friday that according to the Doha-based al-Jazeera TV about 15 people were killed nationwide.