Somalia's president says his son didn't flee fatal accident in Turkey and should return to court скачать в хорошем качестве

Somalia's president says his son didn't flee fatal accident in Turkey and should return to court

(14 Dec 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS New York - 12 December 2023 1. STILL of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, being interviewed at the Associated Press interview space at United Nations headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia: "It was an accident. He didn't run away. He was there until the police come and made every step as regiment. And after the incident, even he was there a couple of days, and he hired a lawyer for this purpose and there was no arrest warrant and everything. So, he has a business and he came out of the country, but it still he is linked to the country. And I am talking to him, to, to go back and presenting himself to the court. The position is his. He's not a young boy that I can, the position is his, but I am giving that advice." 3. STILL of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, being interviewed at the Associated Press interview space at United Nations headquarters 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia: “I wanted to take this opportunity to send my condolences to the family, which I do not know how to contact and where to contact. We share with them the grievances of their loss. We are sorry for their loss.” 5. STILL of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, being interviewed at the Associated Press interview space at United Nations headquarters 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia: “Turkey is a brotherly country. We respect the laws and the justice and the judicial system of Turkey. As the president of Somalia, I will never allow anybody to violate this country's judiciary system. 7. STILL of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, being interviewed 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia: I will do everything that I can to make sure that my, my son respects those Turkish law and just law, and stand in front of the, of the, of the, of the court in Turkey.” 9. STILL of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, being interviewed at the Associated Press interview space at United Nations headquarters STORYLINE: Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee Turkey after he was involved in a fatal highway crash in Istanbul. He has advised his son to go back and present himself to court, which has issued an arrest warrant. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in an interview with The Associated Press that his 40-year-old son, who is a doctor, stayed at the scene of the crash and remained in Istanbul for several days afterward. “It was an accident. He did not run away, and he hired a lawyer for this purpose,” the president said. “And there was no arrest warrant. … So, he has a business and he came out of the country." The victim, Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, died in a hospital Dec. 6, six days after he was hit by a car driven by the president’s son, Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on a busy highway in Istanbul. Turkish authorities ordered president's son arrested and barred him from traveling abroad following the motorcyclist’s death, but reports said the younger Mohamud had already left Turkey by the time the warrant was issued. “He still is linked to the country, and I am talking to him to go back and presenting himself to the court," the president said. But his son is an adult and “the decision is his — but I am giving that advice,” he said. The president extended his sympathy to Gocer's family. “I want to take this opportunity to send my condolences to the family, which I don’t know how to contact," he said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...