Six police officers in civilian clothes had followed murderer Ogün Samast at the moment of Hrant Dink’s murder in Istanbul, Turkey, reported Milliyet daily of the country.
The policemen had monitored Samast on the day of Dink’s killing, and six of them were seen in the security cameras on the streets and of the stores.
The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office likewise had noted that there were special services’ officers on duty in the area at the moment of Dink’s murder, and they had his killing under surveillance.
Hrant Dink was the founder and chief editor of Agos Armenian bilingual weekly of Istanbul, and he was shot dead on January 19, 2007 outside the office of his weekly. He was killed by Ogün Samast, who was a minor at the time, and therefore he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for Dink’s murder.
