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FOOTAGE SHOWS POSSIBLE NEW SUSPECT IN DINK MURDER
Today's Zaman
June 5 2008
Turkey
Newly discovered images from a security camera that captured the
murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in January 2007
show a second suspect at the crime scene on the day of the murder,
news reports said on Wednesday.
Dink was shot dead outside his newspaper's Ä°stanbul office in broad
daylight on Jan. 19, 2007 by an ultranationalist teenager. The 15
others cited as suspects in the ensuing investigation are currently
pending trial, with seven of them under arrest; but the investigation
also revealed that some in the gendarmerie forces knew about the plot
long before the murder took place. The Ä°stanbul police are facing
similar accusations. The next trial of the suspects is scheduled for
July 7.
The new discovery shows that the hit man, O.S., was not alone on the
day of the murder, a claim that has been voiced a few times by the
prosecution during the course of the trial in the past year, but not
proven until now. The footage is from the security camera of a nearby
bank; it was unclear as to why the footage had not been seen by the
police earlier.
The recording shows a second person standing in front of Dink's office
building before and during the shooting and then disappearing down
a side street after the murder. The police have so far failed to
identify the person in the footage.
For most of the time he stands there, the man has his backed turned
to the building but appears to be turning around a few times to check
whether anyone is coming out of it.
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Today's Zaman
June 5 2008
Turkey
Newly discovered images from a security camera that captured the
murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in January 2007
show a second suspect at the crime scene on the day of the murder,
news reports said on Wednesday.
Dink was shot dead outside his newspaper's Ä°stanbul office in broad
daylight on Jan. 19, 2007 by an ultranationalist teenager. The 15
others cited as suspects in the ensuing investigation are currently
pending trial, with seven of them under arrest; but the investigation
also revealed that some in the gendarmerie forces knew about the plot
long before the murder took place. The Ä°stanbul police are facing
similar accusations. The next trial of the suspects is scheduled for
July 7.
The new discovery shows that the hit man, O.S., was not alone on the
day of the murder, a claim that has been voiced a few times by the
prosecution during the course of the trial in the past year, but not
proven until now. The footage is from the security camera of a nearby
bank; it was unclear as to why the footage had not been seen by the
police earlier.
The recording shows a second person standing in front of Dink's office
building before and during the shooting and then disappearing down
a side street after the murder. The police have so far failed to
identify the person in the footage.
For most of the time he stands there, the man has his backed turned
to the building but appears to be turning around a few times to check
whether anyone is coming out of it.
--Boundary_(ID_r9t/RJYHzRni5xBe7PoYcA)--