German, 2 Turkish Converts to Christianity Killed in Turkey Gruesome Attack

World | April 19, 2007, Thursday // 00:00

A German national and two Turkish nationals, who had converted to Christianity, were slain in the gruesome attack in Malatya, local media reported.

The victims of the attack have been identified as Tilman Ekkehart Geske, 46, Necati Aydin, 35, and Ugur Yuksel.

According to reports, all five of the attackers, who were aged between 19 and 20, were students staying in a dormitory and were preparing to take university entrance exams.

The ferocious slaughter occurred on Wednesday at a Bible publishing house in Malatya, the hometown of Mehmet Ali Agca, the gunman who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981.

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