EU Lawmaker Says Those Who Are Behind The Killing Of Turkish Armenian Journalist Should Be Brought Before Justice

ISTANBUL - A European lawmaker said Monday that "forces" behind the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink should be brought before justice.
"The important thing is that those who masterminded this incident should also be tried in this court," Joost Lagendijk, a member of the European parliament and co-chairman of an inter-parliamentary committee between Turkey and the European Union, told reporters outside an Istanbul court house where 19 suspects of the case were heard.
Lagendijk also said the disclosure of the forces who are believed to stand behind the Dink murder was an important development for Turkey as a rule of law.
"Turkey`s credibility as a rule of law might be seriously harmed at the international level unless the reality was brought to the day light," Lagendijk said.
Dink was shot dead outside the offices of his Agos newspaper in January 2007.