In September, the body of the 8-year-old was found in a sack, in a river, at a distance of about one kilometer from the village where she lived with her family.
Three members of a family were sentenced to life in prison today for the murder of the 8-year-old girl in Turkey’s Diyarbakir province, a case that shocked the entire country.
Little Narin Guran was missing for 19 days. In September, her body was found in a sack in a river, about one kilometer from the village where she lived with her family.
After a tense hearing, a Diyarbakır court sentenced Narin’s mother, older brother and uncle to life in prison for the “intentional and joint” murder, according to an AFP journalist present at the hearing. courtroom.
The judge sentenced another suspect, Nevzat Bakhtiar, who had confessed to the murder, to 4 years and 6 months in prison.
A total of 21 suspects were detained as part of the investigation conducted by the Diyarbakır Prosecutor’s Office. Narine’s parents and elder brother were among those arrested.
The girl went missing on August 21. Many well-known Turks then participated in a campaign, on social networking sites, with the slogan “Find Narin”. When the 8-year-old was found dead, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself pledged to “monitor the judicial process to ensure that those who took Narine from us receive the harshest punishment they deserve.”
Source :Skai
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