PanARMENIAN.Net

Next Dink hearing scheduled for Oct. 23
11.10.2008 15:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The next hearing in the murder case of
Turkish-Armenian journalist, Agos editor Hrant Dink will take place at
the Istanbul Criminal Court on October 13, Today’s Zaman reports.

The trial so far has revealed dubious connections between the suspects
and the police. Dink family lawyers have frequently brought
allegations that police attempted to obscure evidence. Two gendarmerie
officers are currently standing trial for having ignored tip-offs
about the plot to kill Dink, who was shot dead outside his Agos
newspaper in Istanbul in January 2007. Police arrested the suspected
gunman, Ogun Samast, and his alleged associate, Yasin Hayal, within
days.

Samast, 17 years old at the time, was charged with murdering Dink and
with membership in a criminal group. The first five hearings were
closed to the media because suspect Samast was a minor at the time – a
situation that changed in the sixth hearing in June of this
year. There are a total of 20 suspects in the case, eight of them
currently under arrest.