Turkey has declared an international arrest warrant for the son of Somalia’s president, after he reportedly ran over a dispatch rider, who eventually died.
A police report revealed that Mohammed Hassan Cheikh Mohamud rammed into the courier during the day in Istanbul.
Policemen reports that he was driving a car which allegedly belonged to the Somali consulate there.
Turkey quickly imposed a travel ban on Mr Mohamud but the police believe he had already fled the country.
Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu had shared the grainy CCTV footage of the 30 November incident on Twitter.
In the video, a car could be seen appearing to hit the back of a motorcycle at a junction on a swarming multi-lane road.
Yunus Emre Göçer, a motorcyclist, who had been a father-of-two, aged 38, was rushed to a hospital but had unfortunately succumbed to to his injuries six days later on Wednesday.
According to Mr Göçer’s lawyer, an initial police report had declared that Mr Göçer had been the irresponsible one and therefore Mr Mohamud was released.
However, a review of the security footage implied that there may have been another explanation.
Mr Mohamud, is the son of the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and he has not commented.
The international arrest warrant for Mr Mohamud was issued by the Turkish prosecutor on Friday.
