Trabzon Police Department Intelligence Unit

Five former police officers recently detained on the charge of "negligence on public duty" have been released, and four others under arrest have been cleared of charges of "committing deliberate murder," "forming an illegal organization," and "membership of an illegal organization to commit crime" in the murder case of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

Seven former police officers have been detained on charges of "negligence on public duty," as fresh evidence surfaced in the case into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.