Five injured in stabbing at mosque in Turkiye

Istanbul: A masked man wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest on Monday stabbed at least five people outside a mosque in northwest Turkiyebefore being...

Istanbul: A masked man wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest on Monday stabbed at least five people outside a mosque in northwest Turkiye before being detained by police, according to local media reports.

The 18-year-old suspect, armed with a long knife, broadcast the attack at the tea garden of a mosque in the city of Eskisehir live on X before police apprehended him, local media reported.

Some media agencies reported seven people had been injured.

"The attacker was dressed like a person in a game, with an axe at his waist, wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet, his face masked," the site Eskisehir Durum reported.

Images he had taken of himself show that he also wore goggles over his mask, completely concealing his face.