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Monday, 4 June, 2001, 14:36 GMT 15:36 UK
Arrests made in police chief murder case
A senior Turkish official says the police have arrested 10 people suspected of involvement in the murder of the police chief in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
The Diyarbakir governor, Cemil Serhadli, said the 10 were detained on Friday night, and were suspected members of the extreme Turkish Muslim group, Turkish Hizbullah.
He said weapons seized in the raid were used in the killing in January of the police chief, Gaffar Okkan and five other officers.
Mr Okkan had led a campaign against Turkish Hizbullah which resulted in hundreds of arrests.
Turkish Hizbullah is accused of plotting to overthrow Turkey's secular government and replace it with an Islamic one.
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