02.11.2026 18:22
Muhammed Hec Ali, 19, who argued with a group while playing football on an artificial turf pitch in Gaziantep, was stabbed in the chest in the ensuing fight. The young man, who was taken to hospital seriously injured, could not be saved despite all the doctors' interventions. As it emerged that the horrific incident was captured on security camera, police teams launched a large-scale operation to catch the suspects who fled after the attack.
An argument that broke out while playing football on an astroturf pitch cost the life of a 19-year-old young man in Gaziantep. Muhammed Hec Ali, who was stabbed in the chest, lost his life at the hospital where he was taken, while footage of the incident has also emerged.
ARGUMENT THAT STARTED ON ASTROTURF PITCH TURNED INTO FIGHT
The incident occurred in Tekstilkent Neighborhood of Şahinbey district in Gaziantep. According to the claim, 19-year-old foreign national Muhammed Hec Ali began arguing with a group for an as-yet-unknown reason while playing football on the astroturf pitch. The verbal argument that started between the parties quickly escalated and turned into a fight. During the scuffle, Muhammed Hec Ali was stabbed in the chest area and seriously injured. The young man, who was subjected to a knife attack at the astroturf pitch where he had gone to play football, collapsed to the ground after the blow. The suspects who carried out the attack fled the scene.
DESPITE ALL INTERVENTIONS AT THE HOSPITAL, HE COULD NOT BE SAVED
Following the incident, medical teams were dispatched to the area. First aid was administered to the seriously injured Muhammed Hec Ali at the scene. Medical teams then took the young man to Abdulkadir Yüksel State Hospital. The 19-year-old young man, who was placed under treatment at the hospital, could not be saved despite all the doctors' efforts. With Muhammed Hec Ali's death, the argument that started on the astroturf pitch ended in death. The young man's body was sent to the Gaziantep Forensic Medicine Institute for necessary procedures. It was stated that after the procedures there are completed, the body will be sent to Syria for burial.
THE MOMENTS HE WAS STABBED WERE CAPTURED ON CAMERA
Security camera footage of the incident in Gaziantep has also emerged. In footage recorded by a camera in the vicinity, the fight among a group and Muhammed Hec Ali falling to the ground after being stabbed were included. The moments when the scuffle between the parties took place drew attention in the footage. The young man, who was seriously injured by the knife blow he received during the fight, collapsing to the ground was captured on camera second by second. The incident being recorded by the security camera was one of the important details subject to the investigation in terms of revealing how the fight unfolded.
THE ATTACKERS FLED THE SCENE
After the knife attack that caused Muhammed Hec Ali's death, it was determined that the suspects fled the scene. Teams from the Homicide Bureau Office of the Public Order Branch Directorate of the Gaziantep Provincial Police Department launched a large-scale effort to catch the fleeing suspects.