Suspect in murder of PKK female members dies in Paris hospital

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A Turkish citizen held in France and charged with the murder of three female members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) three years ago has died in a Paris hospital

 

A French judicial source said Omer Guney died on Saturday as a result of brain illness, AFP reported.

 

“He was the only suspect sent for trial, scheduled to start next month, on charges of "murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise" over the killings of the three women, including Sakine Cansiz.” AFP wrote.

 

The bodies of Cansiz, Fidan Dogan, 28, and Leyla Soylemez, 24, were found by the French police inside a Kurdish information center in Paris in January 2013.

 

“Guney denied involvement in the killings, though investigators said they had surveillance footage of him entering the crime scene and one of the victim's DNA was allegedly found on his coat.” according to AFP.

 

The Turkish government and its intelligence service MIT denied any involvement in the triple murders, but “French investigators had concluded that members of the Turkish national intelligence agency MIT were "implicated" in the triple murder, according to an informed source.”