Emine Kara (pictured), leader of the Kurdish women s movement in France, Mir Perwer, a Kurdish singer exiled in France, and Abdullah Kizil, another dissident, were all identified.
Demonstrators protested near Republic Square at a peaceful protest earlier today. Clashes broke out as some demonstrators left the square, throwing projectiles at police who responded with tear gas.
The massacre has sparked ugly clashes between Kurdish protesters calling for better protection for their community and riot police who deployed tear gas to quell the unrest.