Turkey has issued a world arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president, after he allegedly ran over a bike courier, who later died.
A police report stated Mohammed Hassan Cheikh Mohamud collided with the courier in broad daylight in Istanbul.
Police say he was driving a automobile which reportedly belonged to the Somali consulate there.
Turkey imposed a journey ban on Mr Mohamud however officers consider he has already fled the nation.
In a publish on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu shared grainy CCTV footage of the 30 November incident.
A automobile could be seen showing to hit the again of a bike at a junction on a busy multi-lane highway.
The motorcyclist, father-of-two Yunus Emre Göçer, 38, was taken to hospital however died from his accidents six days afterward Wednesday.
An preliminary police report had stated that Mr Göçer had been at fault and due to this fact Mr Mohamud was launched, in line with Mr Göçer’s lawyer quoted by Turkish media shops.
However a evaluation of the safety footage steered there might have been one other rationalization.
Mr Mohamud, who’s the son of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has not commented.
A global arrest warrant for Mr Mohamud was issued by the Turkish prosecutor on Friday.
This was after police had visited his dwelling to seek out that he had not been there for nearly every week, the AFP information company says, citing native studies.
Turkey and Somalia have loved rising diplomatic relations over the previous decade, with Turkey offering infrastructure funding, navy coaching and humanitarian support.
