ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th January, 2021) A suspect in an armed attack on three Russians in Istanbul was detained, a police source told Sputnik.
Earlier, a police source told Sputnik that garbage collector Hassan Hussein Y. had attacked three Russian citizens on Sunday evening. The victims received non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
"The suspect has been detained. According to preliminary data, he is mentally ill. The wounded Russians are still in the hospital: these are two women and a man," the source said.
He added that the Russians were not tourists, they have a residence permit in Istanbul.
