Turkey says UAE spy suspect committed suicide in prison
Family of the man, named as Zaki YM Hasan, demand an investigation into his death
Istanbul/Dubai — A man held by Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has committed suicide by hanging himself in prison, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The suspect, named as Zaki YM Hasan, was found hanging from the bathroom door in his one-person cell in Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, when guards arrived to give him food on Sunday morning, the prosecutor’s office said. It said the man had been registered in a roll-call that morning. An investigation has been launched and the Istanbul forensics institute has carried out an autopsy, it added. The dead man was one of two suspects charged with international, political and military espionage. The pair were arrested on April 19 and had confessed to spying on Arab nationals, a senior Turkish official said then. UAE officials were not immediately available for comment on the death and there has been no official statement following Turkey’s announcement of the arrests. Investigators are exam...
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