Turkish authorities have arrested a prominent football player who admitted killing his five-year-old son while the child was receiving treatment on suspicion of Covid-19 disease.

Sefir Toktas, 32, surrendered to the police after he confessed to strangling his son, Kazem, with a pillow on May 4, according to the official Anatolia news agency.

An official report was issued indicating that the child died as a result of infection with the Corona virus, however, Tuktas admitted that he strangled his child to death using a pillow, confirming that he did not feel any love towards the young child, and surrendered to the police after 11 days because of his remorse. .