Turkey – Christian Murdered on Busy Street in Istanbul
— Compass reports German businessman stabbed to death “for being a Christian”
— “Akyol, a Muslim who reportedly had been visiting area churches scouting around for a Christian victim, followed Kerkeling out of the church building and asked him for a Turkish lira”
— Hurriyet reports on killer:
— “I wanted to kill a Christian that day and was visiting churches for this reason. I saw the person and killed him,’ Akyol allegedly told the prosecutor. A picture of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, bearing the handwritten words ‘I hate foreigners’ was also reportedly found on Akyol.”