Turkish teen buried alive in act of family vengeance: reports

November 18, 2014 - 11:56AM
Update 19/11/2014
 

Onur Sandal went missing last November. Photo: Supplied

A young Turkish man has been arrested on suspicion of burying alive a teenager who had had a premarital relationship with his sister, reports say.
Akin Tokdenir, 18, was arrested along with his father, Ahmet, on suspicion of the murder of Onur Sandal, 16, whose body was found in a forest this month.
Mr Sandal, a plumber, was reported missing by his parents in November last year.His corpse was found by forest guards buried in a wooded area in the western city of Denizli.
Akin Tokdenir turned himself in to police and immediately confessed to the murder, the reports said on Monday. His father, who acted as an accomplice, was later arrested.

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An autopsy revealed Mr Sandal had been stabbed 65 times and had severe torture marks including a hole made by a sharp object.
His lungs were filled with soil, meaning he had been buried alive, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.
Surveillance footage obtained by the police showed Mr Sandal being beaten by the father and the son, who took the victim away in a car in a residential neighbourhood of Denizli.
The pair said they committed the murder after Mr Sandal refused to get engaged to his girlfriend despite having a "sexual relationship" with her.
"I'm dying. Tell my mother to give her blessings to me. I have made her suffer a lot," Mr Sandal said as he was pleading for his life, according to the father.
The father said he was sorry and regretted the killing, but claimed it was "a matter of honour for us".
The suspects have yet to be formally charged. It was not clear whether Mr Sandal's girlfriend - whose identity was not disclosed - was also punished by her family and what her current situation is.