Overview
- Istanbul’s health chief confirmed the father's death, days after the mother and two children died following sudden illness during their trip.
- Police evacuated and sealed the Fatih hotel, collected drinking-water and room samples, and documented a recent chemical disinfection of a ground-floor room.
- Reports indicate bedbug treatments, including possible aluminum phosphide use, are being examined; an initial autopsy yielded no clear cause and toxicology results are still pending.
- Authorities say eleven suspects are in custody, among them hotel staff, pest-control workers, street-food vendors and a baker, with four food sellers now ordered into pretrial detention for suspected negligent homicide.
- Two additional hotel guests from Italy and Morocco were treated for similar symptoms without life-threatening conditions, intensifying scrutiny of the hotel environment.