"Beat & Release": Confused Hit-Man Killed Couple at Wrong Address in Konya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 20 July 2021)

                   She's a cat-lover. People? Not so much.

Necla Büyükşen (54) and her husband Metin Büyükşen (55) were killed

in their home in Karatay, Konya, on 3 September 2018 by a hit-man who 

stormed the wrong address. (!) 

The killer's intended target was Hüseyin K., the ex-boyfriend of Esra 

Taş, who, along with Abdullah Başdemir, Zekeriya Okşen and Mustafa

Okşen, have been arrested for ordering the hit. 

Initially, Taş called Zekeriye Okşen to find out Hüseyin K.'s address,

since they live in the same town.  Taş told Okşen that "I'm pregnant by

Hüseyin but his family won't let him see me.  He's not answering his

phone but I have to get in touch with him. Can you give me his address?"

In response, Okşen described how to get to Hüseyin K.'s house. 

One of the suspects in the murder of the Büyükşen's, an Afghan named

Hamidullah A., was arrested in Ankara the day before yesterday.  

Hamidullah A. worked as a shepherd on the farm in Çumra, Konya,

of Abdullah Başdemir and left the area a few days after the killing.

Efforts are underway to find another suspect in the Büyükşen's murder.