Assassination of Ahmet Benler
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Ahmet Benler was the son of Özdemir Benler, the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands. He was assassinated on October 12, 1979, in The Hague.[1] The responsibility for his assassination was claimed separately by ASALA and JCAG.[2]
Twenty-seven-year-old Ahmet Benler, the only son of the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands, was a post-graduate student at Delft University. According to the police, on the way to the university, he stopped his Volkswagen for a traffic light when a gunman, who had been standing at a trolley stop, walked up and fired between four and six shots through the vehicle's closed window.[3] Benler died on the spot.
Capture and trial of the alleged assassin
[edit]His alleged assassin Mustafa Hassan Ammar, as his Lebanese passport stated, was returned to the Netherlands for the trial. However, he was discharged on grounds of insufficient evidence after a seven-hour hearing.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Son of Turkish Diplomat Slain in the Netherlands, The New York Times
- ^ BELGEnet. Ermeni Terörü - Türk Diplomatlarına Saldırılar...
- ^ Turkish envoy's son slain in The Hague. Benler died on spot. The Globe and Mail (Canada). October 13, 1979
- ^ "tumgazeteler". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ^ EYLÜL 1980 Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine For English readers: Ludington Daily News - Sep 10, 1981