The attack follows the murder earlier this year of Armenian-Turkish editor Hrant Dink by an ultranationalist which prompted extra security measures to be taken for writers and journalists .

在这起袭击事件之前，今年早些时候，美籍土耳其编辑 HrantDink被 极端 民族 主义 者 杀害，相关单位因此而增强了对记者和作家的保护。