Secret witness in Hrant Dink's case reveals new details
TERT.AM
12:10 - 14.02.13
The secret witness in the murder case of Hrant Dink, chief editor of
Armenian-Turkish Agos paper based in Istanbul, has been taken under
state protection, Turkish Radikal reports.
The witness demanded protection for him and his family in case of
which he would reveal the details relating to the murder.
The witness wrote a letter to the prosecutor's office which says that
before and after the murder he had phone conversations with different
militants and high-ranking officials.
The band he was a member of promised to release him from jail after
committing the murder and sent abroad but did not keep the promise.
He said he knew Erhan Tuncel [one of defendants in Dink's case
acquitted by the court] and before the murder he was the one to study
the territory in front of Agos editor's office.
`We have planned the murder with Tuncel. The latter informed the
police and gendarmes about it,' the witness claimed, noting that he
was not present when the order to kill Dink was received. The witness
demanded protection for him and his family. He said if the demand is
satisfied he will be ready to give names and provide evidences to the
prosecutor's office.
TERT.AM
12:10 - 14.02.13
The secret witness in the murder case of Hrant Dink, chief editor of
Armenian-Turkish Agos paper based in Istanbul, has been taken under
state protection, Turkish Radikal reports.
The witness demanded protection for him and his family in case of
which he would reveal the details relating to the murder.
The witness wrote a letter to the prosecutor's office which says that
before and after the murder he had phone conversations with different
militants and high-ranking officials.
The band he was a member of promised to release him from jail after
committing the murder and sent abroad but did not keep the promise.
He said he knew Erhan Tuncel [one of defendants in Dink's case
acquitted by the court] and before the murder he was the one to study
the territory in front of Agos editor's office.
`We have planned the murder with Tuncel. The latter informed the
police and gendarmes about it,' the witness claimed, noting that he
was not present when the order to kill Dink was received. The witness
demanded protection for him and his family. He said if the demand is
satisfied he will be ready to give names and provide evidences to the
prosecutor's office.