AUTHORITIES in Iraqi Kurdistan were urged today to take firm action over the political assassination of a leading Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) member last Friday.

Turkish intelligence services are believed to be behind the killing of Yasin Bulut, who was gunned down outside his home in Slemani, the region’s second-largest city.

The 65-year-old, who was a leading member of a martyrs’ committee dealing with the families of PKK fighters killed in action, was shot in the back as he made his way to hospital for treatment.