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  • ISTANBUL: No Arrest For Armenian Soldier's Killer

    NO ARREST FOR ARMENIAN SOLDIER'S KILLER

    Hurriyet Daily News
    Feb 1 2012
    Turkey

    A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbak覺r ruled Jan.

    30 to continue without arrest the trial of suspect K覺vanc Agaoglu
    in the case of Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺, a Turkish citizen of Armenian
    origin killed under dubious circumstances while performing his military
    service in 2011.

    "While I was drawing barbed wire in a tilted position, I heard the
    sound of a G3 rifle cocking. Then I heard the sound of a gunshot. When
    I turned my head and looked, [I saw] Agaoglu standing with his G3
    weapon pointing at Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺. Bal覺kc覺 then dropped to
    the ground," eyewitness Halil Ek癬_i said in his most recent testimony.

    A court delegation decided to turn down the request for suspect
    Agaoglu to be tried under arrest through a majority vote.

    Upon the request of the Chief Justice, Ek癬_i also demonstrated the
    incident inside the courtroom with a G3 rifle, the standard issue
    infantry rifle used in the Turkish military. The Diyarbak覺r Second
    Air Force Command Military Tribunal had decided to reschedule the last
    hearing for Jan. 30 after Ek癬_i changed his testimony regarding the
    circumstances under which Bal覺kc覺 lost his life on April 24, 2011,
    the same date regarded as the anniversary of the 1915 events.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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