Turkish journalist shot dead

A journalist was shot and killed outside the offices of his newspaper in northwest Turkey, police and local media reported. Gungor Arslan, the director and chief editor of the local daily Ses Kocaeli (The Voice of Kocaeli) was shot and seriously wounded, dying in the city hospital soon afterwards. Local police said they had arrested a suspect but did not identify him or give any details of the attack. Erol Onderoglu, the Turkish representative of Paris-based media rights group Reporters without Borders (RSF) said Arslan had been investigating corruption in the city. Condemning the killing, he called for those responsible to be identified and punished to the full extent of the law. - AFP