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Jan 21 2007
NYC Armenian Church Holds Requiem For Slain Journalist
NEW YORK -- The archbishop of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
America presided over a requiem service Sunday for an Armenian
journalist slain in Turkey.
The Archbishop Khajag Barsamian also called on all Armenian churches
in the diocese to observe a requiem service for Hrant Dink.
Dink was the 52-year-old editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper
Agos. He was gunned down in Turkey outside his newspaper's office on
Friday.
Turkish police arrested Ogun Samast Saturday and were holding him in
the slaying. Samast is throught to be 16 or 17 years old.
Dink had caused controversy in Turkey for saying the Turks' had
committed genocide when they killed ethnic Armenians in the early
20th century. It has been official Turkish government policy since
then to deny such an event took place.
It remains unclear whether Dink's views led Samast to gun him down.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Jan 21 2007
NYC Armenian Church Holds Requiem For Slain Journalist
NEW YORK -- The archbishop of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
America presided over a requiem service Sunday for an Armenian
journalist slain in Turkey.
The Archbishop Khajag Barsamian also called on all Armenian churches
in the diocese to observe a requiem service for Hrant Dink.
Dink was the 52-year-old editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper
Agos. He was gunned down in Turkey outside his newspaper's office on
Friday.
Turkish police arrested Ogun Samast Saturday and were holding him in
the slaying. Samast is throught to be 16 or 17 years old.
Dink had caused controversy in Turkey for saying the Turks' had
committed genocide when they killed ethnic Armenians in the early
20th century. It has been official Turkish government policy since
then to deny such an event took place.
It remains unclear whether Dink's views led Samast to gun him down.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress