Arab Israeli killed, another injured in shooting in Istanbul
Police say the victim was a businessman; a gun with a silencer was left at the scene
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Police in Istanbul have launched a “large-scale investigation” after an Arab Israeli man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting as they sat in a car, officials and media said Monday.
The killer dropped a handgun fitted with a silencer at the scene, the Istanbul Governor’s Office said in a brief statement, identifyiong the man as a Palestinian.
However, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster’s Arabic division identified the man as Anas Abdul Qader, an Israeli citizen from the northern town of Kafr Yasif.
The Demiroren News Agency reported that the man sitting in the driver’s seat was killed and his friend seriously wounded in the shooting late Sunday. Another man, who the governor’s office described as the dead man’s bodyguard, was injured in the foot.
The killing was carried out by a masked assailant or assailants, the agency said. The victims were sitting on Dilaver Street in the Kagithane district of north Istanbul when the attack happened. It described the seriously wounded victim as a businessman.
Photographs of the scene showed a semi-automatic handgun with a silencer attached to the barrel lying on the sidewalk next to a white saloon car parked between two other vehicles.
مقتل الشاب أنس عبد القادر من كفرياسيف في إسطنبول بعد ان اطلق مجهولون النار على سيارة تواجد فيها رجل اعمال إسرائيل فقتل في الحال بينما أصيب اثنان من مرافقيه بجراح متفاوتةhttps://t.co/6QYvZMHURJ pic.twitter.com/wGjMwsBLLp
— مكان الأخبار (@News_Makan) August 19, 2024
The white car’s rear passenger door nearest the sidewalk appeared to have been punctured by several bullets.
An assassination attempt with a silenced weapon took place in Istanbul, Turkey. 1 Palestinian died, 2 were injured.
— THEREALWORLDNOHOAX (@NOHOAX777) August 19, 2024
Times of Israel Staff contributed to this report
