Father says wife, sons assaulted by security men
A Saudi woman and her teenaged sons were assaulted and beaten up by security men at Turkey’s Istanbul airport before the boys were arrested for at least one day, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Sunday.
‘Sada’ Arabic language daily carried pictures showing bruises on the limbs, faces and other parts of the bodies of two boys.
It quoted the father, who was waiting outside the airport, as saying the incident took place on Wednesday, when many security men suddenly jumped out of their seats and attacked the mother and her two sons.
The father said the men assaulted his family after his wife stood by mistake in an area assigned for the handicapped, adding that they beat up his two sons after they tried to intervene to stop them from assaulting their mother.
“Three men attacked and beat up my 14-year-old son and his younger brother. Seven others joined them later and started to swear at them saying ‘Saudis… Saudis’. Some passengers tried to stop the security men,” he said.
“They then handcuffed my sons and took them away When my wife saw this, she collapsed on the floor.”
The father said he was not allowed to see his sons despite attempts by the manager of the Saudia Airlines at the airport.
“They released them the next day after contacts by the Saudi embassy.
“When I saw them, I found that they had been beaten up and insulted . I don’t know why all this hatred for the Saudis.”
