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Turkish PM Vows Transparent Probe Into Shooting of Pro-Kurdish Lawyer

© REUTERS / Sertac Kayar/FilesTahir Elci, the head of Diyarbakir Bar Association, (C) is applauded by his colleagues as he leaves from his office in Diyarbakir, Turkey, early October 20, 2015 in this file photo
Tahir Elci, the head of Diyarbakir Bar Association, (C) is applauded by his colleagues as he leaves from his office in Diyarbakir, Turkey, early October 20, 2015 in this file photo - Sputnik International
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed to conduct a transparent investigation into the shooting of prominent pro-Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci.

Tahir Elci, the head of Diyarbakir Bar Association, speaks to the media shortly before being killed in Diyarbakir, Turkey - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Tahir Elci, bar association president in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir province, was Saturday in a shooting that broke out when he was making a press statement. Two police officers were also shot.

"One possibility is that after this terror attack, the assailants assassinated Mr Elci. A second possibility is that… Elci got caught in the crossfire," Davutoglu said later in the day, as quoted by the BBC, promising to hold a "transparent" investigation into the incident.

Elci was arrested by Turkish authorities in October after he said that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was not a terrorist organization, as claimed by Ankara.

Violence in Turkey escalated in July, when the Turkish government launched a military campaign against PKK.

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