03.04.2025 20:40
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the family of 14-year-old Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi, who lost his life in a knife attack in Kadıköy. Following the meeting, Erdoğan stated on his social media account, "We will continue to closely follow the process for the realization of justice."
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the family of 14-year-old Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi, who lost his life in a knife attack in Kadıköy.
The meeting, which took place at the Dolmabahçe Office of the Presidency, was attended by mother Yasemin Akıncılar Minguzzi, father Andrea Minguzzi, as well as Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç, AK Party Istanbul Deputy Pervin Tuba Durgut, and NUN Education and Culture Foundation Board Chair Esra Albayrak. Erdoğan conveyed his condolences to the family and sent a message of solidarity on the occasion of Ramadan Bayram.
ERDOĞAN: WE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY FOLLOW THE PROCESS
After the meeting, Erdoğan made a post on his social media account. In his post, Erdoğan stated, "Today, we came together with the precious family of our child Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi, who was brutally murdered in Istanbul a few months ago. In the meeting attended by our Minister of Justice, we discussed in detail the legal process following Mattia Ahmet's death." Stating that the pain experienced is indescribable, Erdoğan said, "I once again pray for God's mercy on our child and wish patience and strength to his family. We will continue to closely follow the process for the realization of justice. We will persistently work to ensure that such tragic events do not happen again."
WHAT HAPPENED?
On January 24, Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi went to the market in Hasanpaşa neighborhood to buy skateboarding equipment with his friends, where a dispute occurred between him and B.B. and U.B. Minguzzi, who wanted to leave the market, was stabbed 5 times by B.B., while U.B. kicked Minguzzi, who fell to the ground. Severely injured, Minguzzi was taken to the hospital after the intervention of medical teams, while the two fleeing suspects were arrested and subsequently detained. Minguzzi was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital but passed away on February 9.
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