Erdogan’s top aide blames PKK on Paris unrest after deadly shooting

Erdogan’s top aide blames PKK on Paris unrest after deadly shooting
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Ibrahim Kalin posted a video footage on Twitter of burning cars on the streets of Paris, saying “This is PKK in France”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy advisor Ibrahim Kalin has blamed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over the unrest in Paris that has surged following an attack on Kurds in the French capital, killing three people.

“This is PKK in France,” Kalin said in social media on Sunday, posting a video footage of burning cars on the streets of Paris.

“This is PKK in France. The same terrorist organization you support in Syria. The same PKK that has killed thousands of Turks, Kurds & security forces over the last 40 years. Now they are burning the streets of Paris. Will you still remain silent?” Kalin wrote on Twitter.

The demonstrations in Paris broke out after a French gunman who later defined himself as a “racist” opened fire at a Kurdish cultural center and nearby Kurdish cafe in the French capital's busy central 10th district on Friday, killing two men and a woman.

The protests organized by the Kurdish Democratic Council in France (CDK-F) was held at Republic Square on Saturday, followed by violent incidents in which cars were overturned, shop windows were damaged and fires set alight near the square.