A family of four on holiday in Istanbul, Turkey, tragically died after what was initially thought to be food poisoning turned out to be something much more sinister. Investigators now believe that deadly gases from a powerful pesticide used to kill bedbugs leaked directly into the family’s hotel room, poisoning them while they slept.
The Bocek family, who were visiting from Hamburg, Germany, included parents Cigdem and Servet, along with their young children, Masal, 3, and Kadir Muhammet, 6. Police and prosecutors have determined the deadly gas wafted from the ground floor of the Harbour Suit Hotel, where the pest control treatment was applied. The toxin then traveled up through the bathroom ventilation shaft and into their room.
