Teen wearing helmet and bulletproof vest livestreams stabbing rampage by mosque in Turkey, authorities say

A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest stabbed five people near a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday.

The 18-year-old, identified as Arda K., broadcast Monday’s knife attack on social media through a camera attached to his vest.

The victims were relaxing after prayers at a mosque in Eskisehir, some 143 miles west of the capital, Ankara. The attack video, in which several men cry out after being stabbed from behind, was circulating on X on Tuesday.

The teenager was detained following a police chase, according to the Eskisehir governor’s office. At the end of his livestream, men are seen taking off the attackers bulletproof vest as he lies on the ground surrounded by onlookers.

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