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NINE ANTI-ARMENIAN PROTESTERS DETAINED IN TURKEY
Vestnik Kavkaza
April 19 2012
Russia
Istanbul police detained nine people today over alleged links to an
anti-Armenian rally which took place in February, broadcaster NTV
reported on its website, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
A rally planned to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly massacre
of 1992 degenerated into a racist, anti-Armenian demonstration on Feb.
26, prompting the authorities to launch a probe into the incident.
Police have detained nine people, two of whom are women, after being
identified as having carried racist banners that read "You are all
Armenians, you are all b.....s," during the rally.
The suspects told the police that they were handed the banners by
people they did not know before the rally.
The police released the suspects after questioning them.
Vestnik Kavkaza
April 19 2012
Russia
Istanbul police detained nine people today over alleged links to an
anti-Armenian rally which took place in February, broadcaster NTV
reported on its website, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
A rally planned to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly massacre
of 1992 degenerated into a racist, anti-Armenian demonstration on Feb.
26, prompting the authorities to launch a probe into the incident.
Police have detained nine people, two of whom are women, after being
identified as having carried racist banners that read "You are all
Armenians, you are all b.....s," during the rally.
The suspects told the police that they were handed the banners by
people they did not know before the rally.
The police released the suspects after questioning them.