21.10.2026 22:02
As the investigation continues into the armed attack in Istanbul’s Kağıthane district in which Eser Aktaş was killed, a striking claim has been put forward regarding the events preceding the incident. It was alleged that police teams are investigating whether a tracking device was placed under the vehicle used in the murder, while it was suggested that attention is being focused on the possibility that 44-year-old Aktaş, whom the attacker targeted, may have been followed beforehand.
In Istanbul’s Kagithane, a striking claim has come to the fore regarding the armed attack in which Eser Aktaş (44) lost his life. It was asserted that the possibility that Aktaş, who was shot while sitting in his parked car, may have been followed before the attack is being considered. It was claimed that police teams carried out an examination under the car to determine whether there was a GPS or other tracking device in the vehicle.
POLICE SEARCHED UNDER THE CAR FOR A TRACKING DEVICE, CLAIM SAYS
In the incident that occurred in Hamidiye Neighborhood, Eser Aktaş, who was subjected to an armed attack by an attacker who came on foot, was wounded in the chest and hand. Severely wounded, Aktaş died at the scene. While police teams found two empty shell casings during their examinations in the area, they collected evidence in and around the car.
According to the claims, in the final part of the crime scene investigation work, the possibility of whether Aktaş had been followed before the attack was also evaluated. It was asserted that police teams investigated whether there was a GPS or another tracking device under the vehicle.
SUSPECTS FLED AFTER ABANDONING THEIR MOTORCYCLE AND CLOTHES
It had been determined that the suspects who fled after the attack left the motorcycle they used, the weapon, and their clothes at a point in Merkez Neighborhood where an electrical panel is located. Police teams’ work to catch the suspects is ongoing.
After the public prosecutor’s examination at the scene, Eser Aktaş’s body was taken to the hospital morgue by ambulance. The car in which Aktaş was killed, meanwhile, was loaded onto a tow truck and taken away after the work at the scene was completed.