TRABZON - One more person was detained in connection with the killing of journalist Hrant Dink, said Trabzon Police Department.
Police sources indicated that the detainee, who was a friend of suspected killer Ogun Samast, was sent from northern city of Trabzon to Turkish metropolis of Istanbul for further interrogation.
Meanwhile, three persons were released after being questioned, the police sources added.
Dink, editor-in-chief of Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, was shot dead in front of his office building in Istanbul on Friday. He will be laid to rest on Tuesday in Balikli Armenian Cemetery following a funeral in Virgin Mary Church at Kumkapi district.
Ogun Samast, the suspected killer of Turkish-Armenian editor and writer Hrant Dink, was arrested in northern city of Samsun on Saturday, and confessed that he killed Dink during the preliminary questioning.