Halil Falyalı's 'black box' Cemil Önal was killed: Footage of the Cemil Önal assassination emerges

Cemil Önal, who was alleged to have been in charge of the financial affairs of Cypriot businessman Halil Falyalı for a period, lost his life as a result of an armed attack in the Netherlands on Thursday, May 1.

It was stated that Önal was targeted following the statements he made to the Northern Cyprus media.

“TAPE” ALLEGATIONS SHOOK THE AGENDA

Speaking to the Bugün Kıbrıs newspaper between April 14-16, Cemil Önal claimed that while Halil Falyalı was alive, he had prepared 45 blackmail tapes belonging to certain politicians and bureaucrats.

Önal alleged that certain figures from Turkey had made attempts to obtain these tapes.

REACTIONS AND DENIALS FROM POLITICIANS

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel addressed these allegations in his statements, while successive denials came from the government side. While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs argued that the allegations were “completely untrue,” the Center for Combating Disinformation under the Presidency's Directorate of Communications also told the public, “do not give credence to baseless allegations.”

At the same time, former Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu had also clearly denied the allegations.

DUTCH POLICE SHARED THE FOOTAGE

Security camera footage of the gunman who fled the scene after the murder was released for the first time by the Dutch police. Efforts to identify the gunman as part of the investigation are ongoing.

Security camera footage of the suspects regarding the armed attack on Cemil Önal, who was alleged to be Halil Falyalı’s finance manager, in the Netherlands has emergedpic.twitter.com/O4MjgoNX8h

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