Questioning of assassin reveals new details on Hrant Dink's murder. The interrogation of the assassin and four other accomplices at the Security Directorate in Istanbul continues to reveal various details on the heinous act. Ogun Samast is reported to have been planning the act for four months and practicing shooting in a forest in his hometown Trabzon. He was also reported to have carried various Dink's photos to be able to easily recognize his victim. The weapon was given to Samast by Yasin Hayal, the 2004 Trabzon McDonald's bomber, whose bomb wounded six people sending Hayal to prison for 11 months. The assassin is reported to have talked to his friend, Hayal, on the phone prior to the murder.

Istanbul Security Chief Celalettin Cerrah said for the press that the police requested additional detention time for the suspects. According to the law, as the assassin is underage, he can be held in detention for only four days.