20 YEAR OLD KILLED AKOS EDITOR HRANT DINK IN TURKEY
Yerevan, January 19. ArmInfo. Hrant Dink, Editor-in-Chief of "Akos"
Armenian newspaper in Turkey, was shot with 3 bullets fired
point-blank in the center of Istanbul about an hour ago.
Turkish Mass Media report that H. Dink was murdered by the unknown man
aged about 20. The sources report that officials and representatives
of political parties of Turkey condemn the murder.
H. Dink was known by his calls for acknowledgement of Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Empire in 1915. For his speeches he was jailed and
then released under the order of the Council of Europe.
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