02.07.2025 20:16
Three people sitting in a café in Taksim attacked two Jordanian men who were verbally harassing women walking down the street and cursing at them. A 22-year-old young man, who attacked with a box cutter, injured one of them under the chest and the other in the hand. The young man, who was taken into custody, was arrested, and the incident was captured by nearby security cameras.
Three people sitting in a café in Taksim attacked two Jordanian men who were verbally harassing women with a box cutter. As a result of the incident, two people were injured, and the attacker was arrested.
THEY HARASSED WOMEN VERBALLY
The incident occurred on Wednesday, June 18, around 4:30 AM in the Talimhane neighborhood of Beyoğlu. According to the information obtained, Mehmet K. started sitting in the café with two friends late at night. At that moment, two men verbally harassed women walking on the street. Reacting to this, Mehmet K. and his friends warned the two men who were disturbing the women. A fight broke out after they responded with insults.
ATTACKED WITH A BOX CUTTER: 2 INJURED
In the ensuing scuffle, Mehmet K., who grabbed a box cutter, injured Jordanian Omar Z. under his chest and Ibrahim Gaze Hussein M. in his hand. After a while, the fight continued, and the parties moved away from the scene. Health and police teams were dispatched to the scene for the two injured Jordanian nationals. The health team that arrived at the scene provided first aid and then transported the injured to the hospital by ambulance. It was learned that the two injured individuals were not in life-threatening condition.
POLICE TEAMS CAPTURED HIM
The Beyoğlu Public Order Bureau teams, which initiated an investigation into the incident, began examining security camera footage. In the investigations, it was determined that the suspect who attacked with a box cutter was Mehmet K., who had 7 criminal records in the police. In ongoing operations, suspect Mehmet K. was captured on Taksim Dolapdere Street.
In his statement, detained Mehmet K. said that while he was sitting in the café, five foreign men were walking on the street and verbally harassing passing women. He continued in his statement that the foreign men came to him and insulted him, and that he warned them, which led to a scuffle. He expressed that he defended himself with a box cutter to protect himself and that the foreign men were injured.
HE WAS ARRESTED
After completing his procedures at the police station, Mehmet K. was referred to the courthouse for judicial proceedings. Mehmet K., who was brought before the court, was arrested for the crime of 'intentional injury.' Meanwhile, the fights that occurred were captured by security cameras second by second.