Saturday, January 20, 2007

Critic of Armenian Genocide Assasinated

The Times

A prominent newspaper editor who was convicted for questioning Turkey’s official denial of genocide against its Armenian community was shot dead in central Istanbul yesterday.

Witnesses saw a young man fire three shots at Hrant Dink, 53, a Turkish Armenian, outside the offices of the bilingual Agos, which he edited. Only a week ago he had written about death threats to his family.
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