Three people killed in northern Amuda town after Kurdish party members open fire on protesters, activists report.
Members of a dominant Kurdish party have opened fire at a protest in the Syrian Kurdish-dominated town of Amuda, killing at least three people and leaving at least 10 others injured, activists have told Al Jazeera.
Thursday's rally was held to protest against the detention of three prominent Kurdish activists by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), an armed group that controls much of the Kurdish areas in Syria's north and northeast.
Activists posted footage online purporting to show a protest being dispersed amid sounds of heavy gunfire.
Kurdish website Firat News, meanwhile, said an "armed gang" shot at People's Defense Units (YPG), a group made up mainly of PYD fighters and responsible of the security of Kurdish areas. The website, citing YPG Press Office, said one YPG fighter was killed.
"Clashes in the area broke out after YPG units surrounded the city and denied access into and out of it following the attack by the armed group," the website said a day after the reported attack.
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