Two Dutch teenagers were found dead in their Istanbul hotel room and their father hospitalised, Turkish media reported on Saturday, with initial suspicion falling on a restaurant meal they had eaten.
The boys, aged 15 and 17, were deceased when police and paramedics arrived at the hotel where they were staying, in the Fatih district, near Istanbulโs Blue Mosque and Grand Bazaar, according to the NTV television channel.
โWhen they arrived, ambulance paramedics noted the two children were deceased. The father was taken to hospital by ambulanceโ in a state of shock, the channel reported.
The three had been vacationing in Turkey and were believed to have gone to the touristy Taksim district for dinner, media said.
The 57-year-old father told police he had gone with his sons to Taksim โbut did not eatโ, the Haber Turk news outlet reported.
Later that evening, after returning to the hotel, the father called out to the boys, who did not respond. A hotel employee, Mehmet Kirdag, heard the father crying for help, NTV reported.
โWhen I knocked at the door and entered, the two sons were dead, one of them in bed, the other on the floorโฆ When paramedics arrived, the two young men were deceased. The father was in a state of shock,โ Kirdag said.
Istanbul police have launched an investigation, NTV reported.
AFP
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