Ahmet Çokçınar, a prosecutor in the city of Samsun told the Anatolia news agency that Samast has confessed to killing Hrant Dink.[1] According to this preliminary news, Samast said the killing was a personal act and did not have any organizational agenda.[21] Samast's uncle Faik Samast has told private NTV television that he didn't think his nephew was capable of acting alone – "He didn't even know his way around Istanbul," "This kid was used."[22] Samast said that he killed Dink for "insulting Turks", and that he doesn't regret it.[23] According to media reports, Samast is a high school dropout and a possible drug addict.[22] Later news reports stated that Samast had had no idea of the significance of his act until watching TV coverage, and that he had ended his written confession with an expression of remorse.[24]