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ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN DINK MURDER CASE
19:00, 13 Jan 2015
A criminal judge of peace in Istanbul has issued arrest warrants for
Trabzon Police Department Assistant Commissioner Ozkan Mumcu, and
another police officer, Muhittin Zenit, on charges of negligence and
misconduct in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
Today's Zaman reports.
Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper, was assassinated in
broad daylight outside his office on Jan. 19, 2007.
Mumcu and Zenit had earlier testified to Prosecutor Gökalp Kökcu as
part of the investigation into 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.
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 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 beforehand.
After prosecutor Kökcu filed an appeal protesting the court decision
to release the two police officers, the Istanbul 6th Criminal Judge
of Peace decided to issue arrest warrants for the two police officers.
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 murder.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/13/arrest-warrants-issued-for-two-police-officers-in-dink-murder-case/
19:00, 13 Jan 2015
A criminal judge of peace in Istanbul has issued arrest warrants for
Trabzon Police Department Assistant Commissioner Ozkan Mumcu, and
another police officer, Muhittin Zenit, on charges of negligence and
misconduct in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
Today's Zaman reports.
Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper, was assassinated in
broad daylight outside his office on Jan. 19, 2007.
Mumcu and Zenit had earlier testified to Prosecutor Gökalp Kökcu as
part of the investigation into 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.
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 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 beforehand.
After prosecutor Kökcu filed an appeal protesting the court decision
to release the two police officers, the Istanbul 6th Criminal Judge
of Peace decided to issue arrest warrants for the two police officers.
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 murder.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/13/arrest-warrants-issued-for-two-police-officers-in-dink-murder-case/