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Swiss and Turkish prosecutors announced separate investigations on Monday after protesters hoisted a banner in Switzerland’s capital showing a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the words, “Kill Erdogan.”
Bern regional prosecutors opened a probe for alleged “public provocation of crimes or violence,” Bern police spokesman Dominik Jaeggi said. Officers collected evidence when the banner was raised during a peaceful protest outside the Swiss Parliament, but did not pull it down, Jaeggi said. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors in Istanbul have launched a separate investigation. The people responsible for the poster could face charges for crimes such as membership in a terror organization, insulting the president and promoting terrorist propaganda, the news agency reported.