11 charged over Bible firm deaths
Pastor Dale Morgan
11 charged over Bible firm deaths*
POSTED: 1450 GMT (2250 HKT), April 22, 2007
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Eleven suspects in the slayings of three
Christians at a publishing house in eastern Turkey were charged with
murder Sunday, court officials said.
The three victims -- one German and two Turkish men -- were tied up and
had their throats slit on Wednesday at a publishing house in the town of
Malatya that was at the center of protests by some nationalists because
it distributed Bibles.
A local court in Malatya was expected to formally arrest and jail the 11
suspects later Sunday, court officials said. No trial date has been set yet.
A 12th suspect, who tried to escape from police by jumping from a fourth
floor balcony at the scene of he killings on Wednesday, remains
hospitalized and is expected to be charged later. Hospital officials
said he was in stable condition and was improving.