A masked man wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest on Monday, stabbed at least five people outside a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police.
Gatekeepers News reports that according to local media reports; the 18-year-old suspect, armed with a long knife, broadcast the attack live on X before he was arrested by police.
The attack took place in tea garden of a mosque in the city of Eskisehir.
Some media agencies reported seven people had been injured.
The site, ‘Eskisehir Durum’ reported that, “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.”
Images he took of himself show that he also wore goggles over his mask, completely concealing his face.
Many news sites assert he also wore a “black sun”, a Nazi symbol made up of several swastikas, on his chest.
Daily Cumhuriyer revealed that the assailant did not shout or express any motivation for his actions, adding that he was “influenced by war games”.
