Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç said he expects the son of the president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud to soon return to Turkey to stand trial for a fatal accident in which he was involved, leading to the death of a motorcycle courier, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Yunus Emre Göçer, 38, was critically injured on November 30 when he was struck from behind on a busy highway in İstanbul by Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, a son of Somalia President Hasan Sheikh Mohamoud who was driving a vehicle registered to the Somalia Consulate in the Fatih district. He died in a hospital on December 6.
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According to sources presidential advisors told Somali Times, Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine killing innocent Turkish national.
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Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was taken into police custody following the accident but was released after giving a statement, which received significant backlash, following which a travel ban was imposed on him days after the collision.
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However, it turned out that Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud had already fled Turkey on Dec. 2.
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