Threatening E-mail to Agos Newspaper
Assasinated Turkish-Armenian writer Hrant Dinks newspaper Agos receives an e-mail threat signed as TIT. Newspapers lawyer Çetin says that they filed a complaint about the threat and wont be intimidated by such efforts.
Lawyer of the newspaper Fethiye Çetin said they immediately filed a complaint about the threat, which was signed as Turkish Revenge Brigade (TİT), a notorious clandestine group responsible for several killings of leftist militants during 1980's.
"This is their last efforts to intimidate us. We'll do what's necessary and won't tolerate such threats", said Çetin.
Reminding the hundreds of thousands who gathered for Hrant Dink's funeral yesterday, "We'll overcome these obstacles in solidarity", she said.
The e-mail message threatens of a bomb attack to the newspaper, which continued receiving such threats even after Dink's assassination.(TK/EÜ)
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