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Search for murderers also taking place in South
Three of five murder suspects in connection with robbery and murder of Gökhan Naim still at large. Police identified the suspects last week, arresting Faiz Ul Hassan and Bilal Ahmad one after the other. The three other suspects believed to be involved in the murder are still missing.
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Search for murder suspects extends to South
Yenidüzen
Internal Security
OVERVIEW
Yenidüzen reported on Monday that a search for three of five murder suspects in connection with the robbery and murder of foreign exchange office owner Gökhan Naim was extended to the South.
The daily reported that police announced the name of a fifth suspect involved in the case who is believed to have escaped to South Cyprus. Two of the five suspects, Faiz Uı Hassan and Bilal Ahmad were arrested in the North shortly after the murder took place.
According to Yenidüzen, police have reason to believe the three suspects might have fled to the South and are currently hiding there.
The paper said that police shared information and intelligence with their counterparts in the south through the Bicommunal Technical Committee for Crime and Crime Related Matters.
The co-chair of the Bicommunal Technical Committee for Crime and Crime Related Matters Hakkı Celal Önen said that no trace of the suspects was found in the South.
He reminded that the bicommunal technical committee had cooperated on similar incidents in the past with success in some cases.
Önen said that a murder suspect believed to have killed a 53-year-old man in İskele (Trikomo) had been caught in Limassol.
He added that the process of handing over criminals was a whole other process as the suspect in question had not been handed back to authorities in the North.
Önen said that he wanted to believe the cooperation with Greek Cypriot police in the Naim case will be successful.
KEY ACTORS
Önen (co-chair of Crime Bicommunal Technical Committee)
>> Intelligence shared with GC authorities on suspects.
>> Cooperation has taken place in past regarding similar incidents.
>> Returning criminals is a whole other process.