New development in the Palestinian assassination investigation: Details of the referral document revealed

The investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the armed attack in Kağıthane, which resulted in the death of 1 person and the injury of 2 others, is ongoing.

In this context, the details of the referral document prepared by the prosecutor's office for 3 of the 4 suspects, who were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse following their processing at the Istanbul Public Security Branch, have been obtained.

The referral document states that S.A., who is a suspect in the murder of the victim, entered Turkey on July 17, and the other suspects G.S. and T.S. entered on August 6. The document notes that S.A. rented a vehicle with the other suspects L.E.E. and M.A.H.M. one day before the act, and that L.E.E. provided the apartment where G.S., T.S., and S.A. stayed prior to the incident.

The document states that the suspects left the apartment where they were staying in the vehicle they rented at around 21:00, which was 1.5 hours before the act.

THEY CONDUCTED RECONNAISSANCE BEFORE THE ACT

The document, which states that the suspects wandered around the street where the attack would take place to conduct reconnaissance before the act, notes that they later switched to another vehicle, and that the vehicle they left was taken to Avcılar and waited there for the suspects to flee after the act.

The referral document explains that after the act, the suspects switched to a vehicle waiting for them under the Hasdal Road Okmeydanı viaduct, traveled with this vehicle to the Silivri Alipaşa area, and burned the vehicle there.

THE SUSPECTS CHANGED VEHICLES

The document states that after the vehicle was burned, the suspects switched to another vehicle waiting for them, and traveled with this vehicle to the Dereköy Border Gate.

The document notes that suspects G.S., T.S., and S.A. crossed into Bulgaria, while the other suspects L.E.E. and M.A.H.M. left the vehicle near the border and returned to Istanbul by taxi.

The document states that the suspects who came to Istanbul called suspect P.Y. and asked him to drop them off in Sapanca, and that the suspect took these 2 people to Sapanca and then returned to Istanbul.

3 SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN ROMANIA

Meanwhile, as part of the ongoing efforts, G.S., T.S., and S.A., who were determined to have crossed from Bulgaria to Romania and were caught while about to go to Israel, have been arrested.

Efforts by the relevant authorities for the extradition of the suspects currently detained in Romania are ongoing.

THE INCIDENT

In an armed attack on a parked car in Kağıthane's Hamidiye neighborhood on August 18 at around 22:30, a foreign national identified as A.K. (30) lost his life, his foreign national friend F.M. was seriously injured, and A.K.'s bodyguard E.K. was slightly injured in the foot.

In a statement made by the Istanbul Governor's Office, it was stated that a pistol equipped with a silencer, thought to have been used in the attack, and numerous empty shell casings were found at the scene.

In a statement made by the Istanbul Police Department, it was announced that the perpetrators of the attack, which stemmed from a debt dispute, were identified as G.S., T.S., S.A., S.A.S.O., L.E.E., and H.B.

The police statement reported that suspects G.S., T.S., and S.A., who were determined to have fired at the victims and fled the scene by changing 3 different vehicles, were identified as having left the country from Kırklareli on August 19 at 00:48, and that on August 20, as a result of correspondence with Interpol and persistent tracking, these 3 suspects were caught in Romania to be brought back to Turkey.

Meanwhile, foreign nationals L.E.E., I.A., M.A.H.M., and P.Y., who were detained by Istanbul Public Security Branch teams on allegations of aiding the suspects' escape, were referred to the courthouse after their processing at the police station. While suspect I.A. was released by the prosecutor's office, L.E.E. and M.A.H.M. were arrested, and it was decided to apply judicial control measures to P.Y.