ANKARA: Chief Prosecutor: Seven people held under custody

Hürriyet, Turkey
Jan 21 2007

Chief Prosecutor: Seven people held under custody

A.A.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin said on Sunday
that seven people, including the suspected gunman, were currently
held under custody in relation with the murder of the Turkish
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

The suspect, a 17-year-old teenager identified as Ogun Samast, was
taken by plane from the Black Sea city of Samsun to Istanbul early in
the morning together with two other people who were believed to have
been involved in the murder. Another four were brought by plane to
Istanbul from Trabzon province.Engin also said that an authorized
unit on organized crimes will conduct the investigation into Dink’s
killing.