Turkish court acquits boyfriend of murdering Russian feminist activist
A court in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum has acquitted a Syrian man accused of murdering his Russian girlfriend in September for lack of evidence, independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Monday, citing a friend of the deceased. The body of Anastasia Yemelyanova, a 32-year-old Russian citizen, was discovered in an apartment in Erzurum on 20 September. The police soon detained her 29-year-old boyfriend, Mohammad Nizar Arnabeh, on suspicion of murder.