20.06.2026 16:40
In the Defne district of Hatay, Lamiya Azazi and her father Yusuf Azazi, who were shot with a pistol by her fiancé, were buried side by side after the funeral prayer.
In Hatay, following the century's disaster, an earthquake victim family struggling to survive in a container city was shaken by fiancé horror. Lamiya Azazi, 30, and her father Yusuf Azazi, 65, who wanted to leave her fiancé Üstün Ç. and were torn from life with her father in their container home, were buried side by side amid tears.
The heartbreaking incident occurred in a container city in Koçören Neighborhood, Defne district, Hatay. Lamiya Azazi (30), who got engaged about 6 months ago, and Üstün Ç. had been experiencing severe incompatibility and disagreements for some time. After the problems, the young woman decided to leave her fiancé. Unable to digest this decision, angry fiancé Üstün Ç. raided the container home where the earthquake victim family took shelter, without flinching at night.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER DIED AT THE SCENE
The enraged person fired the gun he brought, showering his fiancée Lamiya Azazi and father Yusuf Azazi (65), who tried to stop him, with bullets. Upon hearing the gunshots, numerous health and police teams were dispatched to the area. In the initial examination by health teams, it was determined that the father and daughter tragically died at the scene. The lifeless bodies were taken to the morgue after the investigation.
THEY WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE
After the autopsy was completed, the bodies of Lamiya Azazi and her father Yusuf Azazi were brought to Aknehir Neighborhood Cemetery in Defne district. During the funeral prayer, grieving family members and relatives, struggling to stand, burst into tears. Following the emotional ceremony, the father and daughter, torn from life by a murderous fiancé, were laid to rest in graves dug side by side. Police launched a comprehensive investigation to catch the suspect who fled after the incident.