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    Dutch police close Kurdish PKK training centre, make 38 arrests

    Deutsche Presse-Agentur
    November 12, 2004, Friday

    The Hague

    Dutch police shut down a suspected training centre for the banned
    Kurdish separatist organization the PKK near the southern city of
    Eindhoven Friday, making 29 arrests.

    The authorities said a further nine arrests had been made in other
    parts of the country. All those arrested gave their nationality as
    "Kurdish" but are being regarded as probably Turkish.

    The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by the European Union.

    In the raid on the centre, a campsite on a farm in the village of
    Liempde, police found night-sight devices, training material and
    passports.

    Those detained were said to have undergone training for armed struggle
    with the PKK.

    "There are indications that the participants in the training would
    have been sent to Armenia after their training to take part in fighting
    for the PKK," justice authorities said.

    Two weeks ago, three men and a woman on their way to the Middle East
    were arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. At least one of this
    group had been trained at Liempde, a police spokesman said. dpa dt
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