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Istanbul Hotel Evacuated as Probe Into German Family’s Deaths Widens

Authorities sealed the site pending lab tests on food, water, plus suspected pesticide use.

Overview

  • Police report eight detainees, including a hotel official, two pest‑control workers, four street‑food vendors and a nearby baker.
  • Two additional guests from the same Fatih hotel, identified in reports as an Italian and a Moroccan, were hospitalized with nausea and vomiting but are not in life‑threatening condition.
  • Forensic teams removed bedding and other items for laboratory analysis and collected drinking‑water samples before evacuating and sealing the property.
  • A preliminary autopsy found no signs of external violence but noted reddening and bleeding in the stomach walls; the cause of death remains unresolved pending toxicology.
  • Prosecutors detailed the family’s food stops in Ortaköy as part of the timeline, while the father continues to be treated in intensive care.