Ara Kochunyan: court has to find out who instigated Dink's killer

PanARMENIAN.Net - The trial on Hrant Dink's murder will resume in a month, Ara Kochunyan, editor-in-chief of Zhamanak Istanbul-based Armenian-language newspaper, said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net



"I don't think there will be anything new. Ogun Samast, the murderer is just a youth. The court has to find out who supported and instigated him. Anyway, things are not moving. A couple of new witnesses were found. We will see," he said.



Agos bilingual newspaper editor Hrant Dink was assassinated on January 19, 2007 by ultranationalist Ogun Samast.



19 people were arrested on suspicion in organization of the murder.



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