Turkish man ‘kills friend for paying bill in restaurant’

A Turkish man shot and killed his friend on Sunday after a row over who would pay the bill for a small shared meal in a restaurant in Istanbul, local media reported.

According to Turkish newspaper the Daily Sabah, Hasan Erdemir and İdris Alakus fought over who would pay the bill for their meal in the city’s Bakirkoy district on Sunday morning. When Alakus discovered that Erdemir had preempted him and paid the charge, he left the restaurant, only to return a short time later with a gun.

CCTV footage of the incident posted online by the Turkish daily Milliyet shows Alakus approaching Erdemir and shooting him in the torso, causing him to fall from his chair onto the floor.

Alakus then shot two other men who had joined them for them meal. Both received non-life threatening injuries, according to the Daily Sabah.

In the CCTV footage, a waiter can be seen rushing to Erdemir’s assistance as he lies motionless on the floor. Erdemir died in hospital of wounds sustained in the incident.

The shooter, who initially fled the scene, was later taken into custody by the police, the Turkish media said.