Information Centre of Kurdistan Paris Riot police officers
secure the access to the entrance of the Information Centre of
Kurdistan in Paris (Reuters)  Three women Kurdish activists have
been shot dead in Paris in what appears to be a politically
motivated execution.  One of the victims is said to be Sakine
Cansiz, one of the founders of the militant Kurdish separatist
movement PKK, according to Kurdish news agency Firat.  Firat
identifies the other two as Fidan Dogan, 32, a representative of
the Brussels-based National Congress of Kurdistan, and young
activist Leyla Soylemez.  Their bodies were found at the
Information Centre of Kurdistan on Rue Lafayette, near the Gare
du Nord train station in central Paris.  Police said all three
had been shot in the head.   "The scene [of the crime] could
give rise to the idea that this was an execution, but the
investigation will have to establish the exact circumstances of
this incident," a police source told Le Figaro.  "There is no
doubt this was politically motivated