German authorities on Thursday, at the request of the Dutch, arrested a man identified by the media as former Turkish prosecutor Bayram Bozkurt in connection with the killing of Turkish whistleblower Cemil Önal in the Netherlands.
Dutch police said a 47-year-old-man from Bergheim in western Germany was arrested in Germany on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in the May 1 shooting of Önal on a hotel terrace in the town of Rijswijk, near The Hague.
Police did not release the suspect’s name, saying only that Dutch prosecutors had asked Germany to hand him over and that the investigation into the gunman and a second suspect was still under way.
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that the man is “Bayram B.,” whom it described as a former Turkish prosecutor and the person who was sitting at Önal’s table when the gunman opened fire.
Several Turkish outlets, citing Dutch and Cypriot reporting, named the suspect as former prosecutor Bayram Bozkurt and said he was detained in Bergheim after months of investigation into the Rijswijk shooting.
According to these reports Bozkurt was the only person at the table who survived the attack and had previously spoken to Turkish media about his presence during the shooting and his contacts with Önal.
Authorities have not said what role they believe the arrested man may have played in the killing, and there has been no public announcement of formal charges in the Netherlands or Germany.
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