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<\/div>\nThe 26-year-old woman was found dead in a hotel in Fatih Mevlanakap district<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A British tourist has been arrested after he brutally stabbed his 26-year-old wife to death with a screwdriver in their Turkish hotel room.\u00a0The 26-year-old woman was found dead in a hotel in Fatih Mevlanakap\u0131 district around 12:30 local time on Tuesday, Metro<\/em><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Hotel staff reported hearing disturbing sounds from the couple’s room and found the victim lying in a pool of blood.\u00a0Medical staff and police later arrived at the scene where the woman was pronounced dead. Examiners concluded she had been killed with a screwdriver after\u00a0lacerations on her throat and across her body were found.\u00a0<\/p>\n Soon after\u00a0Turkish police initiated an investigation and apprehended the 28-year-old husband, who was wearing a bloodied T-shirt while trying to escape the hotel.\u00a0A video shared in Turkish media shows him flanked by two officers while in handcuffs with his head down as he is led down the steps of a police station.<\/p>\n He later confessed to the brutal murder when questioned by police and even told them exactly where he dumped the weapon. He told detectives he had disposed of the murder weapon down a toilet which was later found during a search. He is now being held in prison on a murder charge.<\/p>\n The husband was further interrogated at the\u00a0Homicide Bureau in Turkey, where he stated that his wife\u00a0gave him drugs on the day of the attack,\u00a0leading to an argument. However, there have been no reports of any drugs being found on either person or in the hotel room. In his statement, he also mentioned using medication for psychological disorders and\u00a0admitted to fleeing the scene after hiding the evidence.<\/p>\n Notably, the couple travelled from England to Istanbul\u00a0on November 11 and settled into their hotel on November 14, where the tragic incident occurred.<\/p>\n An investigation into the incident is ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n