Russian man nabbed after killing parents in Türkiye’s Antalya
The exterior of the morgue where the bodies of the murders are being kept, in Antalya, southern Türkiye, Sept. 19, 2022. (IHA Photo)


A Russian tourist was captured on Monday by Turkish police after murdering his parents.

D.S. was on vacation with his parents in the southern province of Antalya, at a hotel, when he attacked his 62-year-old father and 64-year-old mother with a hammer on Saturday night following a dispute. The father died at the scene while the mother succumbed to her injuries on Sunday night.

Local police formed a squad to conduct a manhunt, while the suspect released a video of "confession" following the attack. Turkish media outlets reported that the suspect said in the video that he killed his father, claiming he tortured him while he was a child. The suspect, who had a history of psychiatric problems, also said he did not regret killing his father.

Security forces checked signals from his cellphone and discovered the suspect boarded a bus to a central district of Antalya from Manavgat district and was captured while walking on a street. Media outlets reported that the suspect had heavily injured a close friend, again, with a hammer, in 2015 in Russia and underwent treatment for recovery from drug addiction.