QAMISHLU, — Kurdish politician Mish’al at-Tammo was shot dead on Friday evening in the city of Qamishlu. According to local sources Fifty-thousand people attended his funeral.
Two to four people are reported to have been killed in the funeral and as far as 12 people are reported wounded.
Activists and residents at Qamishlu said that gunmen had attacked the residence home in the city and shot at-Tammo dead before his corpse was moved to Faraman private Hospital in Qamishlu.
They also added that Mr Tammo’s son, Marcel, is in intensive care and is suffering from fatal injuries as he was accompanied his father at the time the attack took place.