Kurdish rebels hijack Turkish ferry: minister
Friday, 11 November, 2011 , 19:22
ISTANBUL, Nov 11, 2011 (AFP) — Four or five hijackers claiming to be Kurdish rebels seized control Friday of a ferry carrying 20 passengers and crew off northwestern Turkey, said Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim.
"We think they are four or five... They say the belong to a branch of the terrorist organisation," he told ATV television station, naming it as the military command of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
