29 Temmuz 2022 Cuma

"Beat & Release": Thief Literally "Collared" , in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 July 2022)














                     Leaving so soon? What's the hurry?

Last week in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Yasin Ekin was sleeping in a chair in 
the living room of his flat when he was awakened by a sound coming
from the corridor.  Thinking his wife might have made the sound, Ekin
called to her but no response came.  Reaching the corridor, Ekin came
face to face with a thief holding a knife. 

Fearing that his wife might awaken and see the thief, Ekin pounced on
the robber, holding the arm with the knife.  A tussle ensued and 
continued from the corridor into the living room.  The thief got free from
Ekin and tried to escape via an open window.  However (!),  Ekin grabbed
the thief by the collar and held on for 15 minutes until the police arrived
at the scene.  

At that point, Ekin let go of the thief, who had climbed up the iron
grating on the windows of the floor below to reach Ekin's flat and
police arrested him.  Ekin explained that "it took about 10-15 
minutes for the police to come.  During this time, the thief pleaded 
with me to let him go but I said 'you have to drop the knife first'.
He didn't so I held on to him."

























Iron window grating - thief's stairway to heaven.

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