Attack on the mosque's muezzin with a knife! Those moments captured on camera.

Attack on the mosque's muezzin with a knife! Those moments captured on camera.

12.07.2025 22:51

The muezzin of the Güneyli Mosque in Mersin was stabbed in the leg by a person he warned after finding a drug-related device. The incident was recorded by a security camera. The suspect was handed over to the police teams that arrived at the scene.

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A mosque muezzin in Mersin was stabbed in the leg by a person he warned after finding a drug paraphernalia. The moments were captured on security cameras, and the suspect was subdued by citizens and handed over to the police.



At the Güneyli Mosque in the Akdeniz neighborhood of Çilek in Mersin, muezzin Ömer Tekdemir noticed a person who was not a local resident in the mosque garden after finding a drug paraphernalia and warned him.



STABBED THE MUAZZIN



The person stabbed the muezzin in the leg with a knife. Citizens in the mosque subdued the individual and called the police. The suspect was handed over to the police team that arrived at the scene.



Injured Tekdemir stated that the person stabbed him after showing the drug paraphernalia. Tekdemir, who mentioned that he informed the congregation about the fight against drugs last Friday, stated that they would continue the struggle whether he was stabbed or even if he died.



THE MOMENTS ON CAMERA



The incident was captured second by second on security cameras. The footage showed the suspect, who was sitting, quickly getting up and stabbing the muezzin. An investigation is ongoing regarding the suspect, who was taken into custody and whose name has not been disclosed.



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