Turkish police investigate Kurdish leaders, fire water cannon at protesters

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish police have launched criminal investigations into Kurdish lawmakers and detained scores of people, accusing them of criticising the military's incursion into Syria on social media, state media reported. Police also fired water cannon and detained dozens of activists in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Thursday at a protest against the cross-border assault. Turkey pounded the Kurdish YPG militia in northeast Syria for a second day on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing dozens

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