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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Kurdish protesters chanting support for separatist guerrillas clashed with police in eastern Turkey on Saturday during a spring festival. Dozens were injured.
Kurdish men hurled rocks at riot police who protected themselves with plastic shields during the festival in Van near Turkey’s border with Iran, footage from the Cihan news agency showed. Police later fired tear gas to disperse the crowd and beat some of the protesters.
Mehmet Salih Kesmez, police chief of the eastern province of Van, said that 38 protesters and 15 police officers were injured and that 130 protesters were detained.
