face mask and bulletproof vest stabbed at least five people yesterday Monday, one of whom was taken and hospitalized in serious condition, before being neutralized, in the garden of a mosque in Eskisehir (Dorylaion) in northwestern Turkey, according to the Turkish press.
The suspect, 18, armed with a large knife, filmed and broadcast his act live via X before being arrested by police and taken into custody, according to reports. Some Turkish media reported seven wounded.
“The attacker was dressed like a video game character, had an ax slung across his waist, a bulletproof vest, a helmet and a mask,” the Eskişehir Durum news site reported.
Snapshots he took himself show him wearing goggles over a mask with skull-like features on the lower part of his face. Turkish websites also reported that he carried a “black sun” — a Nazi symbol consisting of three swastikas — on his chest.
The attacker did not shout anything or claim responsibility for the act, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported, according to the which was possibly “influenced by war video games”.
