Boy, six, loses fight for life after Kurdish unrest

A BOY of six and two young men injured during clashes in the Kurdish-dominated south-east of Turkey have died in hospital, raising the death toll in three days of unrest to six.

The violent protests, which were sparked by recent killings of autonomy-seeking Kurdish guerrillas, have injured about 270 people.

Six-year-old Enes Ata was injured yesterday in the city of Diyarbakir, which has been hit by the region’s worst street violence in more than a decade. The boy died at a hospital, local officials said.