17-year-old hotel waiter stabs Belarussian tourist to death in Turkey's Marmaris

A 17-year-old waiter working at a hotel stabbed a Belarussian tourist to death in the touristic Marmaris district of the Aegean province of Muğla late on Sept. 23, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The incident occurred after the 28-year-old Vidkar Haladko reportedly arrived with his wife back at his hotel in the Turunç neighborhood of Marmaris after a night out. Haladko reportedly went to the pool bar for a drink while his wife went back to their room.

The waiter at the pool bar, identified only by the initials M.S., was reportedly cleaning the bar after its closure and refused to serve alcohol to the Belarussian tourist.

A brawl subsequently erupted between the two, during which M.S. stabbed Haladko with a knife taken from the bar.

Hotel officials called security forces to the scene and the tourist was rushed to hospital. However, he died at the hospital due to wounds sustained in his liver.

Gendarmerie teams detained M.S. after the incident and he was referred to court on Sept. 24.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.