Overview

• Somali president's son, Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is accused of causing a fatal traffic crash in Istanbul and fleeing the country.
• Victim Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, died of injuries in a hospital six days after the incident.
• Turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant and imposed travel restrictions after the motorcyclist's death, but reports indicate that Mohamud had already left Turkey.
• Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc stated that 'international procedures' had been initiated concerning the crash and an investigation was also launched into police officers who allegedly allowed Mohamud to go free.
• A Somali diplomat in Turkey revealed that Mohamud took the severely injured victim to a hospital after the crash and later travelled to Dubai.