Overview
- A mother and her children, ages 3 and 6, have died in Istanbul, and the father remains in critical condition in intensive care.
- Turkish authorities detained four suspects linked to vendors of stuffed mussels, kokorec and sweets, with reports citing preliminary allegations of negligent homicide.
- Investigators sealed a business in Beşiktaş, collected samples from places the family ate, reviewed hotel CCTV and interviewed witnesses.
- Reports from Turkish media say early forensic examinations found no clear toxin, and the prosecutor’s office involved a homicide division to test alternative scenarios.
- The bodies were released to relatives and transported to Afyonkarahisar for burial, as consular support for the German family continues.