Day: September 26, 2016

At a soccer match between Turkey and Greece held in Istanbul, Turkish fans overwhelmingly booed, shouted, and whistled during a one minute moment of silence for the victims of the November 13 Paris attacks which killed 130 people.  The crowd can be heard chanting “Martyrs don’t die.  The homeland will never be divided” and “Allahu Akbar,” and later they also booed the Greek national anthem.

Some apologists claim that the fans were chanting in support of the victims of the Paris attack but that is not true for a few reasons.  First of all because Turkey is predominantly Sunni Muslim and support for ISIS exists in the country, particularly because of Turkish opposition to Kurdish rebels who ISIS also opposes.  And also the fans booed the Greek national anthem in the same manner, which the Turkish President Recep Erdogan later chastised but did not mention the moment of silence.

Also see this CBS News article about the issue.

Following is a summary of this DW article:

Trail has started for a Syrian migrant in Germany who threw his three children out of a first story window during an argument with his wife, seriously injuring them.  In the argument he was apparently frustrated with his wife for her “refusing to accept the roles she had back home,” leading to him grabbing their three children and throwing them out the window, causing them to suffer skull fractures, broken bones, and a liver contusion.  His children are aged 1, 5, and 7.

The unnamed 36 year old man is charged with three counts of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.  When he entered the courtroom he had his T-shirt pulled over his head to hide his face, and he kneeled on the floor handcuffed.

Also, in January the man beat his wife with a saucepan, leading to him being arrested and given an order not to enter the premises for ten days, but his wife gave in and let him return after a few days.