Day: July 29, 2009

Georgia: Klan letter warns mother

Georgia: Klan letter warns mother
— “A Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent said Monday a Bainbridge mother whose son plays in an AAU basketball program here should turn over to local law enforcement agents a letter sent to her on apparent Ku Klux Klan stationery.”
— “GBI Agent-in-Charge Mike Lewis said that while the letter’s text may not have been overtly threatening, the Klan markings are enough to warrant law enforcement attention”

Turkey: German stabbed to death by Extremist who “wanted to kill a Christian”

Turkey – Christian Murdered on Busy Street in Istanbul
— Compass reports German businessman stabbed to death “for being a Christian”
— “Akyol, a Muslim who reportedly had been visiting area churches scouting around for a Christian victim, followed Kerkeling out of the church building and asked him for a Turkish lira”
— Hurriyet reports on killer:
— “I wanted to kill a Christian that day and was visiting churches for this reason. I saw the person and killed him,’ Akyol allegedly told the prosecutor. A picture of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, bearing the handwritten words ‘I hate foreigners’ was also reportedly found on Akyol.”