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TURKISH POLICE CATCH SUSPECT IN HRANT DINK MURDER CASE
October 23, 2013 | 18:45
The main suspect in murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was
caught by police.
Erhan Tuncel has been caught in Istanbul's Kumburgaz district,
Milliyet newspaper reported.
The Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court on September 17 began the trial
into the killing of Hrant Dink after a decision by the Supreme Court
of Appeals overturned the Istanbul court's first ruling on the murder.
During the session, the prosecution motioned the court to arrest
Erhan Tuncel, a prompter of Dink's murder, who was released after
the issuance of the initial ruling on the murder case.
To note, on January 17, 2012 the Turkish court found Yasin Hayal guilty
of planning and organizing the murder of Hrant Dink-founder and chief
editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, who was gunned
down in 2007 in front of his office building-, and sentenced him to
life in prison. Erhan Tuncel, on the other hand, was found not guilty
of prompting Dink's murder, and, instead, he was sentenced to ten
years and six months for an explosion in a McDonald's restaurant.
But taking into account that Tuncel was already incarcerated for
that amount of time, the court ruled his release. The court also
found the nineteen other defendants not guilty of being members of
a terrorist organization.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
October 23, 2013 | 18:45
The main suspect in murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was
caught by police.
Erhan Tuncel has been caught in Istanbul's Kumburgaz district,
Milliyet newspaper reported.
The Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court on September 17 began the trial
into the killing of Hrant Dink after a decision by the Supreme Court
of Appeals overturned the Istanbul court's first ruling on the murder.
During the session, the prosecution motioned the court to arrest
Erhan Tuncel, a prompter of Dink's murder, who was released after
the issuance of the initial ruling on the murder case.
To note, on January 17, 2012 the Turkish court found Yasin Hayal guilty
of planning and organizing the murder of Hrant Dink-founder and chief
editor of Istanbul's Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, who was gunned
down in 2007 in front of his office building-, and sentenced him to
life in prison. Erhan Tuncel, on the other hand, was found not guilty
of prompting Dink's murder, and, instead, he was sentenced to ten
years and six months for an explosion in a McDonald's restaurant.
But taking into account that Tuncel was already incarcerated for
that amount of time, the court ruled his release. The court also
found the nineteen other defendants not guilty of being members of
a terrorist organization.
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