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DINK LAWYER FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT
armradio.am
04.06.2010 15:48
One of the co-plaintiff lawyers in the trial of the suspects of
journalist Hrant Dink's 2007 has been found in his İstanbul apartment
in what appeared to be suicide. However, no official report on the
cause of his death has yet been released, Today's Zaman reports.
Hakan Karadag's body was taken from his house in Cihangir to the
Forensic Council of Medicine for an autopsy. Hitman Ogun Samast had
threatedened Karadag in the courtroom in one of the hearings.
According to initial wtinesses, a friend of Karadag broke into his
house when he got worried after not hearing him from him a few days
in a row. He found Karadag's body hanging from othe ceiling. Police
studied the scene and the body was taken to the Forensic Council
morgue.
Meanwhile, his relatives rushed to the Forensic Council of Medicine
building in the afternoon. The grieveng relatives said they could not
believe he killed himself. His uncle Habip Karaadg told reporters,
"I just saw him yesterday, he did not have any suicidal issues. He
said he had a case that he had to attend and left saying 'hope to
see you in the afternoon.'"
Karadag was a co-plaintiff lawyer in the Dink assasination trial. Ogun
Samast, the teenager who killed the Armenian journalist in broad
daylight in January 2007, had said to Karadag in the courtroom, "You'd
better visit the prison oen day," with a threatening hand gesture.
Karadag filed an official complaint with the judge. Samast objected
saying he had no intention to threaten him, saying he only told
Karadag not to insult him.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
04.06.2010 15:48
One of the co-plaintiff lawyers in the trial of the suspects of
journalist Hrant Dink's 2007 has been found in his İstanbul apartment
in what appeared to be suicide. However, no official report on the
cause of his death has yet been released, Today's Zaman reports.
Hakan Karadag's body was taken from his house in Cihangir to the
Forensic Council of Medicine for an autopsy. Hitman Ogun Samast had
threatedened Karadag in the courtroom in one of the hearings.
According to initial wtinesses, a friend of Karadag broke into his
house when he got worried after not hearing him from him a few days
in a row. He found Karadag's body hanging from othe ceiling. Police
studied the scene and the body was taken to the Forensic Council
morgue.
Meanwhile, his relatives rushed to the Forensic Council of Medicine
building in the afternoon. The grieveng relatives said they could not
believe he killed himself. His uncle Habip Karaadg told reporters,
"I just saw him yesterday, he did not have any suicidal issues. He
said he had a case that he had to attend and left saying 'hope to
see you in the afternoon.'"
Karadag was a co-plaintiff lawyer in the Dink assasination trial. Ogun
Samast, the teenager who killed the Armenian journalist in broad
daylight in January 2007, had said to Karadag in the courtroom, "You'd
better visit the prison oen day," with a threatening hand gesture.
Karadag filed an official complaint with the judge. Samast objected
saying he had no intention to threaten him, saying he only told
Karadag not to insult him.
From: A. Papazian