'Politically motivated': 3 women slain in Paris

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Thomas Samson / AFP - Getty ImagesMembers of France's Kurdish community gather near the scene of a shooting in Paris early Thursday.By Nick Vinocur, ReutersPARIS - Three Kurdish women were shot dead in Paris in killings that appeared politically motivated, police and other sources said Thursday.

The bodies of the women were found at the Information Center of Kurdistan, a police source said. The center has close links to Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

The Firat news agency, which is close to the PKK, said another victim was the Paris representative of the Brussels-based Kurdistan National Congress political group.

"There is no doubt this was politically motivated," center employee Berivan Akyol told French broadcaster iTele.

The PKK has waged a 28-year insurgency against the Turkish state in which more than 40,000 people are estimated to have been killed.

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[Folami David]

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