These shocking images show a woman who survived despite her body being perforated all over by puncture wounds after being stabbed 38 times by her husband when she told him she wanted a divorce.
Young Turkish woman Aycan Kinci, 23, had been invited to a doner kebab restaurant by hubby Burak Kinci, 26, to have a discussion about their relationship in the western Turkish city of Izmir, on 3rd November last year.
Aycan, a mother of two, said that he wanted to get her to change her mind after she had filed for divorce after years of violent abuse.
He had apparently been convinced that she would change her mind, and when she did not, he flew into a violent rage.
According to Aycan, when she said she did not want to reconcile with him, her estranged husband told her: “Then enjoy your meal because it is going to be your last one. If you don’t love me, you won’t love anyone.”
He then allegedly took a hunting knife out of his pocket and attacked the woman, stabbing her 38 times in the middle of the crowded restaurant.
Aycan recalls the terrifying attack, saying: “I wanted to defend myself but he kept stabbing. I turned my back on the knife and I asked people for help. Some of those who were present ran away, others threw chairs and plates and tried to stop him.”
The woman then succeeded to take the knife from her attacker’s hand herself despite horrific injuries, and was then pulled to safety by the crowd.
Aycan was taken to Cigli Training and Research Hospital, severely injured and losing a lot of blood. After many surgeries, a lost kidney and 15 days in the intensive care Aycan was declared finally on the road to recovery having survived the brutal assault saved.
She said: “After years of abuse and lies, I decided to leave my husband the day he tried to kick me off the roof.”
She had not however realised that he would then try again with the knife attack when she agreed to meet him at the restaurant.
Burak Kinci was arrested and taken into custody after running away from the restaurant, and the Karsiyaka Public Prosecutor’s Office is demanding a prison sentence of up to 20 years for premeditated murder.
Aycan asks for even heavier punishment for her attacker saying: “I don’t want him to get out of prison ever, because he may want to finish what he started. My life is still in danger.”