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TURKISH NATIONALIST PROVOKED DINK'S MURDER

Politics

Turkish nationalist Yasin Hayal confessed that he provoked the murder of editor-in-chief of newspaper «Agos» Hrant Dink.

Hayal told the police officials that he gave a gun and money to Ogun Samast who is arrested with the accusation of Dink's murder and has pleaded guilty.

During the examination Hayal announced, «I gave him the gun and the money. Ogun did his duty and saved the honor of Turkey».

Before the murder Ogun Samast had spoken to Hayal: the latter was one of the suspects.

Hayal announced that he had learned to make mines from Chechen soldiers in the camp in Azerbaijan. He also said that in 2004 he exploded the McDonalds in Trabzon “in order to punish America and their accomplices”.

Hayal had been sentenced to 11 months’ imprisonment for exploding the McDonalds.

The police have not yet managed to find any connection between Hayal and any underground grouping.

By the way, newspaper “Agos” has restarted its work today. Ethien Mahchoubyan has been appointed new editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

56-year-old Turkish-Armenian journalist Ethien Mahchoubyan has worked in Turkish newspapers including “Zaman”, “Radical” and others.