Suspected assassin of Turkish-Armenian journalist arrested
Sunday, January 21, 2007
A suspect has been arrested in the case of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist who was assassinated yesterday. Dink was known for writing about the controversial issue of Armenian genocide, the mass killings of Armenians by Turks under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
Ogün Samast, a 17-year-old unemployed, high-school drop out from the city of Trabzon, was taken into custody by the Turkish police as the suspected assassin of Hrant Dink. The police also confiscated his gun, suspecting that it was used to kill Dink. Ahmet Samast, father of the suspected assassin, informed the authorities regarding the whereabouts of his son after seeing the assassin's images on TV.
The Republic attorney general of Samsun stated that the suspect has confessed to committing his crime.
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[edit]- "Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in Turkey" — Wikinews, January 19, 2007
Sources
[edit]- "Katil zanlısı yakalandı (Suspected murderer caught)" — Hurriyet, Jan 20, 2007 (Turkish)
- "Hrant Dink murder suspect caught" — BBC News, Jan 20, 2007
- "Hrant Dink murder suspect named" — BBC News, Jan 20, 2007
- "Samsun Cumhuriyet Başsavcısı: "Katil zanlısı suçunu itiraf etti" (Attorney general of Samsun: "The suspect confessed his crime"" — CNNTURK, Jan 20, 2007 (Turkish)