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Istanbul Poisoning Probe Shifts to Family's Hotel After Three German Deaths

Illnesses in two other guests redirected investigators to the hotel.

Overview

  • Police detained three suspects, including a hotel official and two workers who had disinfected a ground-floor room with chemicals.
  • Forensic teams collected drinking-water samples at the property, and initial autopsy findings offered few clues as broader lab analyses are still pending.
  • Two tourists from Italy and Morocco were hospitalized with suspected poisoning symptoms and were reported not to be in life-threatening condition.
  • Earlier in the case, four street vendors tied to food consumed in Ortaköy were arrested on negligent homicide allegations, and a shop was sealed by authorities.
  • The mother and her children, ages three and six, died after repeated hospitalizations, the father remains in intensive care, and the three deceased were buried in Afyonkarahisar.