Four arrested over deadly dormitory fire in Turkey's Adana

A local court in the southern province of Adana on Dec. 4 ordered the arrest of four suspects over a deadly fire at a private girls' dormitory in Adana's Aladağ district, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Among the arrested suspects were dormitory manager Cumali Genç and the head of the Aladağ Aid Association to Course and School Students, identified only as İsmail U.

Earlier, five suspects were referred to court following their proceedings at police headquarters.

The court on Dec. 4 ordered the arrest of two unidentified suspects, along with Genç and İsmail U., while releasing the other suspect on probation. Security proceedings of three other suspects were also ongoing at the district's police headquarters.

Police had previously detained some 14 suspects over the incident, later releasing six of them on probation.

Sare Betül Genç, the four-year-old daughter of the dormitory manager Genç, was killed in the Nov. 29 fire.

A total of 12 people, 10 of whom were students, were killed and another 24 were injured after a fire broke out at the private girls' dormitory in Aladağ. Inspections and investigations have been continuing over the deadly incident, and the four political parties at parliament agreed on Dec. 1 to establish a committee over the incident in a bid to investigate potential negligence in the case.