One killed in Kurdish demo in Turkey

A protestor was killed yesterday in eastern Turkey as police clashed with Kurdish demonstrators decrying alleged abuses against jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, officials and media reports said.
Unrest also greeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Diyarbakir, the largest city of the predominantly Kurdish southeast, where he arrived later for a one-day visit.
"One person is dead," a police officer told AFP by telephone from the town of Dogubayazit, without giving other details.
The clashes erupted when the protestors, shouting slogans in favour of Ocalan and his separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), attempted to hold a march, refusing police orders to disperse, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The demonstrators pelted officers with stones while police fired shots in the air and used tear gas and water cannons against the group, the agency said.