Man kills seven people in Istanbul

One man identified as Bahtiyar Aladağ killed seven people and seriously injured three people in Büyükçekmece, a district of Istanbul, on Sunday.

Istanbul- One man identified as Bahtiyar Aladağ (33) visited his family living on the first floor of a four-story building in Büyükçekmece, a district of Istanbul, on Sunday. After a discussion, he shot his mother Necmiye Aladağ, his father Muhammet Aladağ and his sister Buket Aladağ.

Muhammet Aladağ and Necmiye Aladağ died at the scene while seriously injured Buket Aladağ was transferred to a hospital.

 Bahtiyar Aladağ fled the scene but later carried out an armed attack on the hairdresser salon located in the University neighborhood of Avcılar at around 17:00, killing Mehmet Salih Özsökük, an employee of the hairdresser salon, and seriously injuring brother-in-law identified as Gökhan Soylu and his wife identified as S.A.

Following the attack on the hairdresser salon, Bahtiyar Aladağ went to the Fatih neighborhood of Esenyurt at around 17:30 and shot to kill his cousin identified as Serdar Şadan Buke. Then, Bahtiyar Aladağ killed himself.

After the incident, police found the dead bodies of Bahtiyar Aladağ’s wife Türkan Soylu, his mother-in-law Sevim Aladağ and his son Arsal Aladağ near a lake in Büyükçekmece. According to the reports, Bahtiyar Aladağ had killed them before he killed other people.