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2 POLICE OFFICERS 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
Two police officers were 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, two police officers on duty at the police
department in the Black Sea province of Trabzon when Hrant Dink was
killed in Istanbul.
Both Mumcu and Zenit, who are accused of "causing death due to
negligence" and "professional misconduct," have been arrested.
They are the first public officials arrested with regards to Dink's
murder.
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 in 2011.
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 is serving a sentence of 23 years in prison, 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
Two police officers were 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, two police officers on duty at the police
department in the Black Sea province of Trabzon when Hrant Dink was
killed in Istanbul.
Both Mumcu and Zenit, who are accused of "causing death due to
negligence" and "professional misconduct," have been arrested.
They are the first public officials arrested with regards to Dink's
murder.
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 in 2011.
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 is serving a sentence of 23 years in prison, said that
he had killed Dink for insulting "Turkishness."