Pesticide tragedy in Konya: 7-year-old child loses life

The incident occurred in the evening hours at a two-story adobe house located in the Uluırmak neighborhood of the central Meram district.

According to the information obtained, the tenants living on the first floor of the adobe house sprayed the apartment to kill insects last Monday and then left the house after taping the windows and doors shut.

After the smell of the pesticide seeped into the apartment on the second floor where N.D. resided, N.D.'s daughter and grandchildren were affected by the fumes. 

LOST HIS LIFE DESPITE ALL INTERVENTIONS

When N.D.'s daughter A.T. (40), her children F.T. (18) and Y.T. (15), and her nieces/nephews S.G.B. (21) and M.B. (17) fell ill this morning, they went to the hospital complaining of nausea, while the grandmother N.D. and 7-year-old Ahmet Enes Temel remained at home.

After a while, grandmother N.D. noticed that her grandson Ahmet Enes Temel was unresponsive and reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center.

Following the initial intervention by medical teams dispatched to the address, Ahmet Enes Temel was taken to Konya Numune Hospital. Despite all interventions performed there, the 7-year-old child could not be saved and lost his life.

On the other hand, it was learned that N.D.'s daughter A.T. and her grandchildren were staying with the grandmother N.D. due to the semester break. Following the police teams' investigation at the scene, the house was ventilated by the relatives of the tenants from the first floor.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

News Source: İHA