NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Jan 31 2007
Police says they had information ahead of Dink’s murder
The number of detainees being questioned in connection to the murder
of Dink has risen to five.
Güncelleme: 10:09 TSİ 31 Ocak 2007 ÇarşambaISTANBUL –
Turkish police sources confirmed on Tuesday that they had been
provided information about plans to murder Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, who was gunned down in Istanbul on January 19.
Erhan Tuncel, who was detained after throwing a bomb at a Mcdonalds
restaurant in Trabzon, had offered to work as a police informant and
charges against him were later dropped.
Early last year, Tuncel informed the Trabzon police that Hayal Yasin,
currently under arrest, was going to murder Dink.
This lead was passed on to the Istanbul police force in February last
year including addresses where Yasin would be staying. However, the
research conducted by the Istanbul police at the time was not found
confirmable.
However, it appears Tuncel had logged three more communications to
the Trabzon police claiming that Dink was going to be murdered which
were never passed on the Istanbul police force.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
