Attacks on Syrians’ property in Ankara after a bloody fight
Hundreds of local residents have attacked homes and businesses they believe belong to Syrian immigrants in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after news that a young Turkish man was stabbed to death in a brawl with Syrians.
Local media reported that residents went out in the Altindağ district of Ankara on Wednesday evening, throwing stones at apartments where Syrians were suspected of living, and looting shops they thought were owned by Syrians.
Clips circulated on social media showed destroyed cars, in a dangerous escalation that reflects the resentment of migrants in a country inhabited by more than four million refugees, 3.6 million of whom are Syrians.
The Ankara governor's office announced that the situation in the early hours of Thursday morning was under control, and urged citizens not to succumb to "provocative" reports.
The killing of the 18-year-old, Emirhan Yalcin, yesterday, in a fight in Altindag, sparked riots. Local residents accuse the Syrians of killing Yalcin, and it was not immediately clear what caused the quarrel.
On Thursday, the Turkish authorities arrested about eighty people suspected of having encouraged or participated in the attack on shops for Syrians in Ankara, following the quarrel.
"We have identified and arrested 76 people who spread false information on social networks for the purpose of provocation or participated" in these attacks, the police said in a statement.
Among the
suspects who were arrested, 38 people were known to the police of
committing acts of
theft and assault and hit or drug trafficking, according to the
source Nevsh.aatdaouat on the
property of the
Syrians in Ankara after a
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Hundreds of local residents have attacked homes and businesses they believe belong to Syrian immigrants in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after news that a young Turkish man was stabbed to death in a brawl with Syrians.
Local media reported that residents went out in the Altindağ district of Ankara on Wednesday evening, throwing stones at apartments where Syrians were suspected of living, and looting shops they thought were owned by Syrians.
Clips circulated on social media showed destroyed cars, in a dangerous escalation that reflects the resentment of migrants in a country inhabited by more than four million refugees, 3.6 million of whom are Syrians.
The Ankara governor's office announced that the situation in the early hours of Thursday morning was under control, and urged citizens not to succumb to "provocative" reports.
The killing of the 18-year-old, Emirhan Yalcin, yesterday, in a fight in Altindag, sparked riots. Local residents accuse the Syrians of killing Yalcin, and it was not immediately clear what caused the quarrel.
On Thursday, the Turkish authorities arrested about eighty people suspected of having encouraged or participated in the attack on shops for Syrians in Ankara, following the quarrel.
"We have identified and arrested 76 people who spread false information on social networks for the purpose of provocation or participated" in these attacks, the police said in a statement.
Among the arrested suspects, 38 people known to the police for theft, assault, battery or drug smuggling, according to the same source.
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