Turkey Arrests Teenager for Stabbing Attack at Mosque

Date: 13 August 2024 - 22:13

News ID: ۱۳۰۴۰۹

ANKARA (Dispatches) – Turkish police have arrested a teenager who on Monday stabbed at least five people at a mosque in the northwest of the country. Minister of the Interior Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday that an investigation has begun, but he did not elaborate on the motive behind the attack in the city of Eskisehir. Local media have speculated the attack, which the teen streamed live, may have been influenced by a video game. Wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest, the attacker struck at the tea garden of a mosque. He was apprehended following a police chase, according to the Eskisehir governor’s office. The 18-year-old suspect, identified as Arda K, broadcast the attack live on X, local media reported.