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Armed man held after Turkish ferry hijack bid

27 Jan 2007 23:59:41 GMT
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ISTANBUL, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A man armed with a handgun who said he belonged to a Turkish nationalist group surrendered to police on Saturday night after briefly seizing a ferry in the Dardanelles straits, CNN Turk television said.

The man, who threatened to blow up the ferry, seized the vessel on its way from Gelibolu on the European side of the strait to Lapseki on the Asian side, CNN Turk said.

The man shouted, "I did it for the homeland" after giving himself up to police.

Passengers reported that he had seized the ferry in protest at pro-Armenian sentiment in Turkey after the Jan. 19 killing of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, which prompted large protests in favour of Armenians.

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