Assassination of Ahmet Benler

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]

Benler sometime before his death
Ahmet Benler's VW in 1979.
A commemorative plaque in front of the Embassy of Turkey, The Hague.

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

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

References
  1. Son of Turkish Diplomat Slain in the Netherlands, The New York Times
  2. BELGEnet. Ermeni Terörü - Türk Diplomatlarına Saldırılar...
  3. Turkish envoy's son slain in The Hague. Benler died on spot. The Globe and Mail (Canada). October 13, 1979
  4. "tumgazeteler". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  5. EYLÜL 1980 Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine For English readers: Ludington Daily News - Sep 10, 1981
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