M.T., the 25-year-old suspected of the New Year’s Eve murder of fellow Turkish citizen Ahmet Mert Dogan, aged 22, has been arrested in Kosovo. The suspect was identified with the help of CCTV footage, while witnesses were interrogated as well.
According to North Macedonia’s authorities, there was first an argument at a coffee place in Skopje’s Old Bazaar between the suspect and Ahmet Mert Dogan, who was with another Turkish citizen, C.E. Ahmet Mert Dogan and C.E. then headed to Macedonia Square but, since they weren’t able to find a cab, they returned to the Bazaar.
There was a new argument between them and M.T. when they ran into one another, it is added in the press release. Then, the latter took out a knife and stabbed the 22-year-old four times in the chest and heart area, authorities point out, adding that Ahmet Mert Dogan died on the spot.
Also, it is explained in the press release that M.T. stabbed the 23-year-old in the back and then fled the scene. An extradition request will be filed.