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TURKEY: MURDER SUSPECTS ACCUSE EACH OTHER IN MALATYA TRIAL Inconclusive probing of contradictions and perpetrators disappoints Protestants. MALATYA, Turkey, June 10 (Compass Direct News) – All seven suspects on trial for the brutal murder of three Christians in Turkey in April 2007 appeared in court yesterday – each one protesting his innocence and incriminating one or more of the others. The hearing at Malatya’s Third Criminal Court in eastern Turkey marked the first time the five jailed murderers and two accused accomplices have appeared together in court to be cross-examined over contradictions among their individual court testimonies. Their fellow suspects had been removed from the courtroom during previous trial hearings, to prevent each defendant from hearing the details of the others’ testimonies. In addition to the... [read full story]
