ARMENIAN WHO MURDERED HIS SISTER AND TURKISH BROTHER-IN-LAW SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
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April 17, 2012 | 00:04
ISTANBUL. - Armenian Genay Ogmen from Istanbul was sentenced to life
imprisonment for murdering his sister and her Turkish husband. The
murder occurred in the evening on December 12, ten days after the
wedding.
As the Turkish Radikal informs, the lawyer of Ogmen Adnan Mercan
announced that the murder did not happen intentionally and occurred
only under the heat of passion. The lawyer informed that before the
murder Ogmen's brother-in-law had insulted the honor and religion
of Ogmen.
The bodies of Ogmen's sister Sona and her husband, Muslim Zeker was
found in a car in Istanbul's Fatih district. After that Ogmen went
to the police and reported about the murder.
As Ogmen told, the family was against the wedding. They offered
that Zeker accepted Christianity and that the wedding took place in
a Church. However Zeker insulted Ogmen, the Armenian traditions and
church and Ogmen shot him raged with anger. Then he shot his sister
and left the car.
news.am
April 17, 2012 | 00:04
ISTANBUL. - Armenian Genay Ogmen from Istanbul was sentenced to life
imprisonment for murdering his sister and her Turkish husband. The
murder occurred in the evening on December 12, ten days after the
wedding.
As the Turkish Radikal informs, the lawyer of Ogmen Adnan Mercan
announced that the murder did not happen intentionally and occurred
only under the heat of passion. The lawyer informed that before the
murder Ogmen's brother-in-law had insulted the honor and religion
of Ogmen.
The bodies of Ogmen's sister Sona and her husband, Muslim Zeker was
found in a car in Istanbul's Fatih district. After that Ogmen went
to the police and reported about the murder.
As Ogmen told, the family was against the wedding. They offered
that Zeker accepted Christianity and that the wedding took place in
a Church. However Zeker insulted Ogmen, the Armenian traditions and
church and Ogmen shot him raged with anger. Then he shot his sister
and left the car.