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TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED IN DINK MURDER CASE
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Jan 13 2015
Two police officers for whom arrest warrants were issued on Monday on
charges of negligence and misconduct in the murder of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, were placed under arrest by the court on
Tuesday.
Dink, editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper, was assassinated in
broad daylight outside his office on Jan. 19, 2007.
A criminal judge of peace in Ä°stanbul issued arrest warrants for
Trabzon Police Department Assistant Commissioner Ozkan Mumcu and
another police officer, Muhittin Zenit, on Monday.
Zenit and Mumcu, who were detained on Monday following the arrest
warrants, were then arrested on Tuesday and they were sent to prison.
Mumcu and Zenit had earlier testified to Prosecutor Gökalp Kökcu as
part of the investigation of Dink's murder. The prosecutor referred
them to the court for arrest; however, they were later released by
the Ä°stanbul 5th Criminal Judge of Peace.
After Kökcu filed an appeal protesting the court decision to release
the two police officers, the Ä°stanbul 6th Criminal Judge of Peace
decided to issue arrest warrants for the two officers.
The officers are being accused of negligence and engaging in misconduct
in relation to the Dink murder. Tape recordings of a phone conversation
between Zenit and Erhan Tuncel, who worked as an informant for the
Trabzon Police Department at the time and was accused of initiating
the effort to have Dink murdered, were leaked to the media. The
conversation suggests that Zenit knew about the plot to murder Dink.
Dink was shot and killed by an ultra-nationalist teenager. The hit
man, Ogun Samast, and 18 others were brought to trial. Since then,
the lawyers for the Dink family and the co-plaintiffs in the case have
presented evidence indicating that Samast did not act alone. Another
suspect, Yasin Hayal, was given life in prison for inciting Samast
to commit murder.
http://www.todayszaman.com/anasayfa_police-officer-arrested-in-dink-murder-case_369696.html
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Jan 13 2015
Two police officers for whom arrest warrants were issued on Monday on
charges of negligence and misconduct in the murder of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, were placed under arrest by the court on
Tuesday.
Dink, editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper, was assassinated in
broad daylight outside his office on Jan. 19, 2007.
A criminal judge of peace in Ä°stanbul issued arrest warrants for
Trabzon Police Department Assistant Commissioner Ozkan Mumcu and
another police officer, Muhittin Zenit, on Monday.
Zenit and Mumcu, who were detained on Monday following the arrest
warrants, were then arrested on Tuesday and they were sent to prison.
Mumcu and Zenit had earlier testified to Prosecutor Gökalp Kökcu as
part of the investigation of Dink's murder. The prosecutor referred
them to the court for arrest; however, they were later released by
the Ä°stanbul 5th Criminal Judge of Peace.
After Kökcu filed an appeal protesting the court decision to release
the two police officers, the Ä°stanbul 6th Criminal Judge of Peace
decided to issue arrest warrants for the two officers.
The officers are being accused of negligence and engaging in misconduct
in relation to the Dink murder. Tape recordings of a phone conversation
between Zenit and Erhan Tuncel, who worked as an informant for the
Trabzon Police Department at the time and was accused of initiating
the effort to have Dink murdered, were leaked to the media. The
conversation suggests that Zenit knew about the plot to murder Dink.
Dink was shot and killed by an ultra-nationalist teenager. The hit
man, Ogun Samast, and 18 others were brought to trial. Since then,
the lawyers for the Dink family and the co-plaintiffs in the case have
presented evidence indicating that Samast did not act alone. Another
suspect, Yasin Hayal, was given life in prison for inciting Samast
to commit murder.
http://www.todayszaman.com/anasayfa_police-officer-arrested-in-dink-murder-case_369696.html