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swissinfo - Turkey arrests suspect in death of Armenian editor

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Woman lights a candle at the spot where Turkish-Armenian author Dink was killed in Istanbul

By Paul de Bendern and Selcuk Gokoluk

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police on Saturday arrested the suspected killer of a prominent Turkish-Armenian writer who had angered nationalists with articles referring to a Turkish 'genocide' of Armenians.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he was pleased the suspect had been arrested in such a short time.

'The suspected murderer of Hrant Dink, Ogun Samast, was caught in Samsun,' Erdogan told a news conference."

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