DINK’S FAMILY URGES TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST POLICEMEN FOR POSING WITH MURDERER
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.07.2007 17:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The family of Agos editor Hrant Dink assassinated
January 19, 2007 in Istanbul, urged to institute proceedings against
policemen who abetted 17-year-old suspect Ogun Samast by posing with
him in Samsun.
"The security officials treated the murderer like a hero and lined
to have a photo with him," the family lawyers wrote. They demand to
initiate a criminal case for abusing the duty and appreciating murders,
the RFE/RL reports.
In February Turkey launched an inquiry into footage showing a teenager
charged with the murder of Agos editor Hrant Dink posing with the
Turkish flag and security officials after his arrest, police said on
Friday. A 17-year-old unemployed youth, Ogun Samast, has confessed
to the murder of Turkey’s leading television channels showed video
footage of Samast posing in front of a Turkish flag, and holding
another flag next to security officials dressed in paramilitary police
uniforms shortly after his arrest on January 21. Media said the images
suggested Samast was treated like a hero.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
