"Beat & Release": Bicyclist Killed by Ethiopian Woman's Baseball Bat, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 June 2023)

                                       Strike Three!

In Istanbul, Halil Özdemir, a member of the Bicyclists Association, left

his house in Eyüpsultan on his bike on 9 May.  When his relatives did

not hear from him subsequently, the filed a missing person report with

the police.  Two days later, a burned body was found in Zeytinburnu

Kazlıuçeşme Meydanı.  DNA tests confirmed that the body was that of

Halil Özdemir. 

Police determined that Özdemir had been killed by a blow to the head 

with a blunt object.  They also determined that he had met with an

Ethiopian woman named M.E.H. in Fatih on the day of his disappearance. 

M.E.H. was taken into custody and told police that she had hit Özdermir

with a baseball bat (!), put his body in a sack and burned it.