Ismet Berkan, editor of the liberal newspaper Radikal, said that the release of the video was akin to killing Dink a second time. It proved, he claimed, "that the murderer and his associates are not alone, that their supporters ... have penetrated all segments of the state." A police spokesperson said an investigation into the video footage and its leaking was underway.[60] Rumors of the existence of such footage had been circulating for days, but were officially denied.