News24 | Two Dutch Teens Found Dead in Istanbul Hotel
Two Dutch brothers, aged 15 and 17, died during a vacation while their father was critically hospitalized; authorities suspect food poisoning from a restaurant meal in a popular district.
- On Saturday, Turkish media reported two Dutch brothers, aged 15 and 17, were found dead in their Istanbul hotel room in the Fatih district, while their father was hospitalised in critical condition.
- Authorities say the meal is under suspicion as they investigate suspected food poisoning; the 57-year-old father told police he went to Taksim district, Istanbul, but did not eat there.
- Hotel staff discovered the bodies the following morning after hearing unusual noises, Mehmet Kirdag, hotel employee, found one son in bed and the other on the floor; paramedics and ambulance responders confirmed both were deceased but could not save them.
- Istanbul police have launched an investigation into the deaths of two Dutch brothers aged 15 and 17, with officials reporting no signs of violence; the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague is assisting the family and local officials.
- The three vacationing family members were believed to have dined in Istanbul's Taksim district; later, the father called out to the boys without response, and staff found the room checked the next morning with the father in shock.
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The father of the two Dutch boys who died in an Istanbul hotel is out of danger, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. The man, Rashid Mohammed Ajoeb (57), remains in a hospital in the Turkish city and is receiving further treatment there.
Two Dutch teens found dead in Istanbul hotel, father hospitalised
Two Dutch teenagers were found dead in their Istanbul hotel room and their father hospitalised, Turkish media reported on Saturday, with initial suspicion falling on a restaurant meal they had eaten. The boys, aged 15 and 17, were deceased when police and paramedics arrived at the hotel where they were staying, in the Fatih district, near Istanbul's Blue Mosque and Grand Bazaar, according to the NTV television channel. "When they arrived, ambula…
Two brothers from the Netherlands died on holiday in Turkey, and the police are investigating possible food poisoning.
A holiday in the Turkish metropolis ends fatally for two brothers from the Netherlands. The two were on holiday together with their father, who is currently being treated in the hospital. The cause of death of the children is currently unclear.
Two boys aged 15 and 17 were found dead in their hotel in Istanbul. Their father, who was travelling with them, was hospitalized in a state of shock. The Turkish media blamed a meal taken in the tourist district of Taksim. - Two Dutch teenagers, on vacation in Istanbul, found dead in a hotel (Police, justice and other facts).
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