Militant confesses in journalist death
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From Times Wire Reports
A nationalist militant convicted of bombing a restaurant in 2004 has confessed to inciting the killing of an ethnic Armenian journalist last week, police said.
Yasin Hayal told police he provided a gun and money to the teenager suspected of carrying out the shooting of Hrant Dink, a newspaper reported, citing Turkish police records.
The teenager, Ogun Samast, was arrested and has confessed to killing the journalist, according to a chief prosecutor.
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