Osman Hayal, Instigator’s Brother In Dink’s Murder, Is In Custody

Osman Hayal, the brother of Yasin Hayal, has been taken into custody in Istanbul. Yasin Hayal is accused by Istanbul’s 14th High Criminal Court for instigating the murder of Hrant Dink

The telephone records had already showed that Osman Hayal was in Istanbul on January 19, 2007, the day of the murder, but he had been denying the allegation, claiming he was in Trabzon, a town by the Black Sea Coast.

“The real perpetrators are outside, find them”

Osman Hayal had reacted, in the statement he had given to the Trabzon newspaper İlkbahar on January 2008, to the reports that had appeared in the media that he was in Istanbul on the day of the murder by defendeding himself using Rakel Dink’s words “Those who turn the babies into murderers”.

“Enough, I wish they do not mess with us anymore. They are trying to distort the events. The real perpetrators are outside. Have them find the real perpetrator who tun the babies into murderers.”

According to the NTV, the teams from the Anti Terror Unit are questioning Osman Hayal. (EÖ/TB)