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Horrifying footage claimed to show unarmed Kurdish civilians being shot dead by Turkish forces during a funeral procession has been posted online.

The harrowing videos, some of it too shocking for publication, shows a group of people walking through deserted streets of Cizre, in south east Turkey, with one man holding up an enormous white flag.

Two men behind him are carting a large wheelbarrow with what looks like two dead bodies wrapped up in fabrics.

Suddenly gunfire can be heard and the group are seen running for cover.

(Image: Twitter / bilalgezer13)

The footage was posted on Twitter by Bilal Gezer, who said the group was part of a funeral procession.

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Additional footage taken by journalist A Rahman Gok shows the apparent aftermath, with several people lying motionless on the ground, as blood begins to pool in the street.

(Image: Twitter / bilalgezer13)

Initial media reports from Cizre vary.

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Officials told Reuters that 10 people - including two politicians - were wounded in the shooting, but did not say who opened fire.

But Mr Gok, who appears to have been injured in the gunfire, said on Twitter that least two people were killed.

Another version of events, reported by RT, suggests members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were among the mourners and opened fire first.

However, no firearms are visible amongst the crowds in the videos that have been posted so far.

(Image: Twitter / bilalgezer13)

Cizre is located close to the Turkish-Syrian border, a mainly Kurd area.

Last year the Turkish government launched a military operation against left-wing militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has resulted in several bloody conflicts and curfews imposed across major, Kurd-majority towns and cities.