The son of the Somali president, accused of manslaughter for knocking down and killing a courier in Istanbul, has fled and is the subject of an international arrest warrant, Turkish media reported on Saturday.
The case, denounced in particular by the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a declared opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arouses a lot of emotion because the suspect, Mohammed Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud, had been released without judicial control after an initial police report, indicates in particular the major daily Cumhuriyet.
“The suspect left Turkey with his hands free” Mr. Imamoglu was indignant on Saturday on the social network in his own country.
According to the police report cited by Haber television, the son of President Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud hit a motorcycle courier in broad daylight, on November 30.
Thrown violently onto the road, the victim, Yunus Emre Göcer, father of two children, died six days later in hospital.
