Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee Turkey after he was concerned in a deadly freeway crash in Istanbul, and provides that he has suggested his son to return and current himself to court docket, which has issued an arrest warrant.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stated in an interview with The Related Press that his 40-year-old son, who’s a health care provider, stayed on the scene of the crash and remained in Istanbul for a number of days afterward.
“It was an accident. He didn’t run away, and he employed a lawyer for this goal,” the president stated. “And there was no arrest warrant. … So, he has a enterprise and he got here in a foreign country.”
Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old bike courier, died in a hospital Dec. 6, six days after he was hit by a automobile pushed by the president’s son, Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on a busy freeway in Istanbul.
Turkish authorities ordered president’s son arrested and barred him from touring overseas following the motorcyclist’s demise, however studies stated the youthful Mohamud had already left Turkey by the point the warrant was issued.
“He nonetheless is linked to the nation, and I’m speaking to him to return and presenting himself to the court docket,” the president stated. However his son is an grownup and “the choice is his — however I’m giving that recommendation,” he added.
The president prolonged his sympathy to Gocer’s household.
“I need to take this chance to ship my condolences to the household, which I don’t know tips on how to contact,” he stated in Tuesday’s interview. “We share with them the grief of their loss. We’re sorry for his or her loss.”
