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TURKISH MEDIA: DINK WAS KILLED BY MEMBERS OF NATIONALIST GROUP
Ankara, January 22. ArmInfo. Journalist Hrant Dink was killed by a
nationalist group of youths led by Yasin Hayal, reports RIA Novosti
referring to Turkish mass media.
Milliyet reports that 17-year-old Ogun Samast, suspected murderer,
got his gun from Hayal.
In 2004 Hayal organized an explosion in McDonald's cafe
in Trabzon. After arrest he shouted: "I did it to punish the
Americans, when I get out of the jail I will blow up HSBC and Russian
Consulate." Some sources say that Hayal has been trained by Chechen
fighters.
Dogan news agency reports that after arrest Samast said: "I don't
regret. I read in the internet that Dink said that Turkish blood is
dirty blood and I decided to kill him."
Ankara, January 22. ArmInfo. Journalist Hrant Dink was killed by a
nationalist group of youths led by Yasin Hayal, reports RIA Novosti
referring to Turkish mass media.
Milliyet reports that 17-year-old Ogun Samast, suspected murderer,
got his gun from Hayal.
In 2004 Hayal organized an explosion in McDonald's cafe
in Trabzon. After arrest he shouted: "I did it to punish the
Americans, when I get out of the jail I will blow up HSBC and Russian
Consulate." Some sources say that Hayal has been trained by Chechen
fighters.
Dogan news agency reports that after arrest Samast said: "I don't
regret. I read in the internet that Dink said that Turkish blood is
dirty blood and I decided to kill him."