A pregnant Turkish teenager who wanted to marry her boyfriend when she was old enough has allegedly been stabbed to death by him over a social media post.
Anil Yolum, 24, apparently flew into a jealous rage when he spotted the message sent to five months pregnant Sezen Unlu, 17, who is from the district of Konak in the western Turkish city of Izmir, on 26th March.
It was not known who the message was from but he was so angry that he allegedly attacked her in the street with a knife, stabbing her 16 times before running off.
Passers-by who spotted the horrific attack tried to provide first aid and called emergency services.
Medics arrived on the scene and tried to save Sezen. The teenager, who was taken to the Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, died in the hospital.
Her unborn baby did not survive either.
The young woman was a keen social media user and in one of the last messages posted to friends had shared the lyrics of Sezen Aksu’s song “Fugitive” on Instagram where she wrote the words: “Who knows if I will stay or die.”
She also added a picture of herself pregnant with the caption: “I’m looking forward to you, baby.”
Her friend said that she had entered into a religious marriage with her killer, but the official civil marriage was something that she was looking forward to once she was 18.
In Turkey, it is only possible to be officially married earlier with the permission of the parents.
The Crime Prevention and Investigation Bureau teams affiliated to Konak District Police Department determined the suspect’s identity and Anil was arrested and handed over to the Homicide Bureau Chief of Police Department.
According to the report of news website Takvim, Sezen had 16 knife strokes on her body.
Sezen’s body was taken to the morgue of the Izmir Forensic Medicine Institute after the prosecutor’s investigation.
While the police teams continued their investigation into the incident, the suspect, who was taken to the police station, allegedly admitted that he had acted out of jealousy.