The story, which occurred a few days ago in the city of Bursa (Turkey) , seems to be taken from the macabre plot of a horror movie. Little Kasim Tokta, five, was killed by his father, soccer player Cevher Tokta, on April 23, the same day he was admitted to the hospital on suspicion that he had contracted the coronavirus.

"I have pressed the pillow over my son's head for 15 minutes . My son was dying. However, I kept printing with a pillow until he died," Toktas confessed to the court he was taken to 11 days later, when he confessed to the crime. .

Cevher Tokta, 33, came to play in the Turkish Super League in the 2008-2009 season, enrolled at Hacettepe Spor in Ankara . He was currently playing for Bursa Yildirim Spor, one of the teams in the Regional Amateur League. On April 23, he took his son to the Dortçelik Children's Hospital, suffering from cough and high fever, according to the Turkish media outlet Milliyet.

After a first examination, little Kasim was hospitalized with the suspicion that he had contracted the coronavirus. Cevher Tokta, who had stayed with him, left the room that same day and said that his son was getting worse. Intervened by doctors, he was promptly taken to the intensive care unit. However, little Kasim was unable to save himself despite all efforts after about two hours. The day after, he was buried in Hamitler Cemetery.

Although no one initially suspected the murder, 11 days later, on May 4, Cevher Tokta went to the Çar Police Center and admitted that he had killed his son. He confessed that he did not like him and that he had a nervous breakdown in the hospital and killed him by strangling him.

The central defender stated that her son started coughing two weeks before the incident: "I did not take my son to the hospital due to the coronavirus measures." Coldly, Cevher spoke of the time of the murder: "I pressed the pillow onto my son, who was lying on his back on the bed . I did not lift the pillow for about 15 minutes." "I started calling the doctor. Then the doctor and the nurses came to the room. They took him to the intensive care unit," he confessed.

"As I was sitting at home with my wife on the night of May 4, I thought about what was happening and it bothered me. I left my house telling my wife that I had some work. I don't know why I don't like it. The reason I killed my son that day is simply because I didn't love him. I don't have any health or psychological problems. I don't have any problems with my wife and my other son, "said Toktas.

The judge sent him to prison on the charge of murdering a close relative. The court also ordered an autopsy on Kasm's body.

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