EXERCISE: Connectors

Use one of the following connectors to patch up the text and obtain a coherent text.

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Turkish Activist PART I

The public prosecutor's office in Bruseels wants Turkish activist Fehriye Erdal to be tried in Belgium for the presumed involvement in an attack in Istanbul, one of Erdal's lawyers.

, an influential Turkish industrialist was murdered by an extreme left-wing terrorist organisation. Erdal was soon suspected of being an accomplice in the attack. Family members of the murdered businessman have recently filed a complaint against her.

The public prosecutor's office is reportedly now in favour of starting another investigation. , they believe that the case should be moved to Bruges, where there is an ongoing investigation against Erdal for illegal weapons possession.

she was formerly acquitted in a Belgian court, the Belgian Minister of Internal Affairs had decided to keep her behind bars for national security reasons. Besides, the Belgian State Council of Justice had ruled earlier on she should not be extradited, to Turkey, to a thirs country, and should be acquitted. , the Ministery of Internal Affairs would have insisted on extraditing her to a third country, , not to Turkey, , and to keep her in prison until then.


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Analyse : Jean Schumacher   Réalisation informatique : Boris Maroutaeff
Dernière mise à jour : 11/02/2002