Claim for States Repsonsibility in Malatya

Family lawyer İbrahim Kalı declared that deceased Tilman Ekkehart Geske's wife Susanne will intervene to the criminal case against her husband's murderers and she will also claim damages against the authorities on grounds of negligence.

According to local Yenigün newspaper's article, Geske has compared the brutal murder of the three working in Zirve publishing house to the racist attack on Turkish descendants in Solingen, Germany in early 1990's.

Susanne Geske said she wouldn't leave Malatya despite all: "We loved Malatya, my children go to school here, my husband rests here. Others should have solicited those children who murdered my husband. I want to see them brought to justice".

İzmir Protestant Church's Pasteur Fikret Böcek noted that, fearing for their lives, 15 of the 22 Christian families living in Malatya have left the city after the incident, which incited international attention.

We still receive threats, Böcek added.

On another account, Malatya Güncel newspaper reports that another suspect thought to be linked to the murder has been taken under custody in Kocaeli.(EÜ)