Violence erupts in Kayseri after child abuse by Syrian national

In Melikgazi district of Kayseri, Türkiye, a crowd overturned vehicles and set some workplaces on fire after a foreign national allegedly molested a 5-year-old child.

Kayseri Governorate confirmed the allegation in a statement, announcing that a person of Syrian nationality abused a young child and the person had been detained.

Reacting to the incident, people took to the streets in Kayseri. Vehicles and workplaces of Syrians were burned. Security forces were dispatched to the area to calm the angry crowd.