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Suspects In Malatya Murders Appear Before Court

SUSPECTS IN MALATYA MURDERS APPEAR BEFORE COURT

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.04.2007 16:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ten young men and a woman, detained over the
brutal slaying of three Christian priests in Malatya, eastern Turkey,
appeared in court Sunday to face possible murder charges, the Anatolia
news agency reported. The 12th suspect, allegedly the leader of the
assailants, remains in hospital with a serious head injury after
jumping from the third-floor office of a Christian publishing house
in Malatya, where two Turks and a German had their throats slit.

The murders were the latest attack on minorities in Turkey following
the killings of a Roman Catholic priest last year and an ethnic
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in January.

They were expected to be questioned by a prosecutor and then appear
before a judge, who may either charge and jail them pending trial,
or order their release.

One of the suspects allegedly filmed the murders on his mobile
telephone.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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