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MURDER SUSPECTS CLAIMS TO HAVE SCOUTED SITE BEFORE MURDERING DINK
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=main-dink-murder-suspect-said-he-scouted-the-place-hours-before-the-crime-2011-05-25
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ogun Samast, the confessed triggerman in the assassination of
Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, claimed during court testimony
Wednesday that he scouted the surroundings of the crime venue some
hours before committing the crime.
Samast said he could not deny the fact that he had scouted the area
of the crime scene after being asked by Judge İsmet Gulbicim.
"Do I have to lie? I say whatever I have seen and remembered. I went
there two or three hours before [committing] the crime, that is why
I remembered," Samast said.
Samast's case was separated from the main trial because he was
under 18 years of age on Jan. 19, 2007, the day of the murder. Samast
attended the second hearing of his trial in juvenile court in Istanbul
on Monday.
Samast, who blamed the media for the assassination, confessed to
shooting Dink in the back of the head outside the Istanbul offices of
the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, of which Dink was the chief editor.
On the day of the crime, Samast had first been told Dink was not
available as he was attending a meeting. Samast then went to an
Internet cafe, where he exchanged messages relaying the information.
Shortly after Dink exited the meeting, Samast headed to the newspaper's
offices.
Gulbicim asked him whether it was a coincidence that the Internet
Cafe's owner, Cavit Kılıc, headed to the paper's offices at the
same time to submit an advertisement.
"It was a coincidence. You could also look at the security camera
recordings. The State Security Court, or DMG, could not find anything
related after four years, do you think the juvenile court will find
anything?" Samast said.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=main-dink-murder-suspect-said-he-scouted-the-place-hours-before-the-crime-2011-05-25
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ogun Samast, the confessed triggerman in the assassination of
Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, claimed during court testimony
Wednesday that he scouted the surroundings of the crime venue some
hours before committing the crime.
Samast said he could not deny the fact that he had scouted the area
of the crime scene after being asked by Judge İsmet Gulbicim.
"Do I have to lie? I say whatever I have seen and remembered. I went
there two or three hours before [committing] the crime, that is why
I remembered," Samast said.
Samast's case was separated from the main trial because he was
under 18 years of age on Jan. 19, 2007, the day of the murder. Samast
attended the second hearing of his trial in juvenile court in Istanbul
on Monday.
Samast, who blamed the media for the assassination, confessed to
shooting Dink in the back of the head outside the Istanbul offices of
the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, of which Dink was the chief editor.
On the day of the crime, Samast had first been told Dink was not
available as he was attending a meeting. Samast then went to an
Internet cafe, where he exchanged messages relaying the information.
Shortly after Dink exited the meeting, Samast headed to the newspaper's
offices.
Gulbicim asked him whether it was a coincidence that the Internet
Cafe's owner, Cavit Kılıc, headed to the paper's offices at the
same time to submit an advertisement.
"It was a coincidence. You could also look at the security camera
recordings. The State Security Court, or DMG, could not find anything
related after four years, do you think the juvenile court will find
anything?" Samast said.
From: Baghdasarian