Turkish journalist killed by gunmen
ISTANBUL - Hrant Dink, who frequently went on trial for condemning the mass killing of Armenians by Turks, predicted in his last newspaper column that he would continue to suffer as a result of being labeled an "enemy of Turkey."
"My computer's memory is loaded with sentences full of anger and threats," Mr. Dink wrote on Jan. 10.
Yesterday afternoon at the entrance to the newspaper's offices, a gunman pumped two bullets into the journalist's head. Mr. Dink was 52.
By evening, thousands marched down the bustling street where he was slain. They blocked...
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