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Hürriyet, Turkey
Jan 31 2007
Trabzon police were warned 17 times of plans against Hrant Dink
It has emerged during the investigation into journalist Hrant Dink's
murder that suspect Erhan Tuncel, who was arrested in a sweep of
mostly Trabzon-based young men thought to have been involved in the
incident, had informed Trabzon police a total of 17 different times
of plans to kill Dink.
Tuncel, who had agreed to become an informer for Trabzon police
following his arrest in 2004 for involvement in the bombing of the
Trabzon McDonald's, had reportedly warned Trabzon police that "Yasin
Hayal could shoot Hrant Dink." Authorities are currently looking into
why it is that of the 17 times Tuncel warned security forces about
the threat to Dink's life, only 1 of these warnings made it as far as
Istanbul, where Dink worked and resided. In the 1 warning which
reached Istanbul police, Tuncel said that Yasin Hayal would be
staying at the home of his older brother, Osman Hayal, and that he
would carry out the shooting while staying there. Police reportedly
researched the address provided at the time, but finding nothing,
dropped the case.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Jan 31 2007
Trabzon police were warned 17 times of plans against Hrant Dink
It has emerged during the investigation into journalist Hrant Dink's
murder that suspect Erhan Tuncel, who was arrested in a sweep of
mostly Trabzon-based young men thought to have been involved in the
incident, had informed Trabzon police a total of 17 different times
of plans to kill Dink.
Tuncel, who had agreed to become an informer for Trabzon police
following his arrest in 2004 for involvement in the bombing of the
Trabzon McDonald's, had reportedly warned Trabzon police that "Yasin
Hayal could shoot Hrant Dink." Authorities are currently looking into
why it is that of the 17 times Tuncel warned security forces about
the threat to Dink's life, only 1 of these warnings made it as far as
Istanbul, where Dink worked and resided. In the 1 warning which
reached Istanbul police, Tuncel said that Yasin Hayal would be
staying at the home of his older brother, Osman Hayal, and that he
would carry out the shooting while staying there. Police reportedly
researched the address provided at the time, but finding nothing,
dropped the case.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress