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Turkey arrests suspect in death of Armenian editor

20 Jan 2007 21:21:32 GMT
Source: Reuters

ANKARA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Turkish police on Saturday arrested Ogun Samas, the suspected killer of prominent Turkish-Armenian editor and writer Hrant Dink, government sources told Reuters.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected to announce the arrest soon in a news conference.

Dink, editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, was shot in broad daylight as he left his office in central Istanbul on Friday. The shooting has sparked outrage in Turkey and abroad.

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