Musa Anter
Year: 1992
Nationality: Turkey
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Diyarbakir, Turkey
Press organization: Ozgur Gundem
What's Musa Anter's story?
Anter, a prominent Kurdish writer who contributed columns to the daily Ozgur Gundem and the weekly Yeni Ulke, was shot and killed in Diyarbakir. Lured from his hotel by a telephone caller who asked him to help settle a property dispute, Anter and a friend set off in a taxi with an unknown man, described as between 25 and 30 years old. When they began to suspect that a trap was being set, they demanded to get out of the taxi. The man accompanying them also got out and, having walked in front of them, began shooting at them with a gun.
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