WORLD IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Radicals Suspected of Killing Politician
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Unidentified gunmen, believed to be Islamic fundamentalists, killed a prominent Turkish politician outside his home in a suburb of Ankara, the capital, police said. The victim, Muammer Aksoy, was a former member of Parliament and a leading secularist. Several newspapers reported that anonymous callers, who said they were members of the Islamic Revenge Organization, claimed responsibility.
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