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FORMER POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED OVER DINK MURDER
Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
January 13, 2015 Tuesday
Ozkan Mumcu was arrested Tuesday for negligence regarding 2007 murder
of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
ISTANBUL
A former police officer was arrested Tuesday in an ongoing negligence
probe related to the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist in 2007.
An Istanbul penal court had issued Monday an arrest warrant for Ozkan
Mumcu and Muhittin Zenit, former Trabzon police officers.
Mumcu has been arrested while Zenit is still being questioned. They
are accused of "causing death due to negligence" and "professional
misconduct."
Nine officials have been questioned about alleged police inaction
prior to the murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian
journalist who was killed in 2007. Dink's murderer, Ogun Samast,
who was 17 years old at the time, has been tried and convicted.
Other high-profile figures questioned last month include former
Istanbul vice governor Ergun Gungor, former Istanbul police chief
Celalettin Cerrah and former Istanbul police intelligence unit chief
Ahmet Ilhan Guler.
Dink was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Agos, and was considered
to be one of the most prominent Armenian voices in Turkey.
Samast, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011, said that
he had killed Dink for insulting "Turkishness."
Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
January 13, 2015 Tuesday
Ozkan Mumcu was arrested Tuesday for negligence regarding 2007 murder
of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
ISTANBUL
A former police officer was arrested Tuesday in an ongoing negligence
probe related to the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist in 2007.
An Istanbul penal court had issued Monday an arrest warrant for Ozkan
Mumcu and Muhittin Zenit, former Trabzon police officers.
Mumcu has been arrested while Zenit is still being questioned. They
are accused of "causing death due to negligence" and "professional
misconduct."
Nine officials have been questioned about alleged police inaction
prior to the murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian
journalist who was killed in 2007. Dink's murderer, Ogun Samast,
who was 17 years old at the time, has been tried and convicted.
Other high-profile figures questioned last month include former
Istanbul vice governor Ergun Gungor, former Istanbul police chief
Celalettin Cerrah and former Istanbul police intelligence unit chief
Ahmet Ilhan Guler.
Dink was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Agos, and was considered
to be one of the most prominent Armenian voices in Turkey.
Samast, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011, said that
he had killed Dink for insulting "Turkishness."