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Five refugees from Afghanistan found stabbed to death in Ankara
[BIANet] Five people from Afghanistan have been found stabbed to death in an apartment in the Altindag district of Ankara, the capital.The police found the bodies in the address reported to them by the relatives of the dear departed people, who said they could not reach them, the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. The motives of the killings are not yet clear, according to a statement from the Governor's Office of Ankara. Prosecutors are investigating the incident to find the perpetrators, it said. Haberturk TV reported that the people appeared to have died about a week ago, citing anonymous security sources. Altindag is a low-income district with a significant refugee population. Over the years, there have been sporadic attacks on refugees in the district. Last year, the killing of an 18-year-old local in a knife fight with refugees was escalated into in the district where refugees' homes and workplaces were attacked, leaving many people injured. Dozens of people were detained following the attacks that lasted two days. Turkiye has the largest refugee population in the world with over four million, including 3.6 million refugees from Syria. Over 300,000 of the refugees are from Afghanistan, according to from last year. While migration from Afghanistan to Turkiye has been going on for over seven years, the issue drew more public attention after the Taliban  ...mindless ferocity in a turban...'s takeover of the country in August 2021. People fleeing Afghanistan enter Turkiye mostly from its eastern border with Iran. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-11-11 |
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