The incident occurred yesterday in Savurkapı Neighborhood. A child, whose name is unknown, was rescued by local young people with their hands and arms tied and taken to the hospital.
Speaking about the incident, homeowner Necmettin Özgün said, "This family was living in my house as tenants. I rented my house to help them. They have been living in the house for about 3 months. I don't know them very well, I only saw them when they were passing by the house because they were my tenants. The incident happened yesterday and we learned that the child was tortured in this way. We are very saddened by this situation. This family was evicted from the house even when they were living elsewhere.
We believe that this child has been subjected to these tortures before. God sent me this child so I rented my house to this family and this incident came to light. I'm glad it came to light. A child was saved from torture. I'm very sorry for this situation, but I'm glad I rented this house to them and this child was saved. If this child was somewhere else, maybe no one would have noticed. They seemed like very good people from the outside. That's why we rented our house to them. If I had known that there were people like this, I wouldn't have taken them in, but I'm very happy that the child was saved."
The police saved the father, H.A., from lynching when they arrived at the scene. The child, who was found with his hands tied with plastic handcuffs by the locals, was taken to the hospital for treatment. The neighborhood residents attempted to lynch the father, H.A., when he was taken into custody. An investigation has been launched regarding the incident.
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