Turkey -- As both the media and politicians concentrated on pondering the actual reasons for the murder of Hrant Dink, the police said yesterday that the suspect has no ties to illegal organizations or political underground groups, based on the his testimony so far.
Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian descent, was killed outside his bilingual Turkish-Armenian Agos newspaper's office in Istanbul on Friday.
Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah added that the suspect, Ogun Samast, committed the murder due to the influence of nationalistic sentiments.
Samast is reportedly a hot-tempered teenager open to manipulation and has been practicing martial arts for years.
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