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  • ANKARA: Turkey Welcomes Parole Rejection Of Diplomat's Murderer

    TURKEY WELCOMES PAROLE REJECTION OF DIPLOMAT'S MURDERER

    Turkish Press
    Feb 6 2015

    Friday, February 6, 2015

    ANKARA - Turkey has welcomed the rejection of parole to a convicted
    murderer of a Turkish diplomat serving jail time in the U.S.

    Armenian-origin Hampig Sassounian killed Turkish Consul General
    Kemal Arikan in Los Angeles on Jan. 28, 1982. Authorities rejected
    Sassounian's request for bail.

    "We welcome that the request for release on parole of the terrorist
    Sassounian, who on 28 Jan.1982 assassinated Arikan in a treacherous
    attack has been rejected at the parole hearing held on Friday,"
    Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

    "We consider this rejection decision as appropriate in terms of
    universal principles of justice as well as necessary for an effective
    and uncompromising stance against terrorism," Spokesman Tanju Bilgic
    said in the statement.

    Bilgic also said that Turkey paid tribute to Arikan and other Turkish
    diplomats and citizens who were victims of terrorism.

    http://www.turkishpress.com/news/422534/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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