A pair of street sweepers stumbled across a shocking scene while clearing trash on Sunday morning -- the bloodied, unconscious body of a young boy who was badly beaten, tortured and dumped near a bus stop.Early on Sunday morning, municipal workers cleaning near the Halıcıoğlu Metrobus stop saw what they thought was a dummy in a pile of trash. Drawing closer, they were horrified to discover that it was not garbage, but a 5-year-old boy, motionless, with cuts and bruises all over his body.
The police have established that Bedrettin was attacked by other children working the streets for begging in the wrong spot. Bedrettin was beaten by three youths -- 11-year-old M.S. and his relatives S.S. and H.S. -- tortured with a knife and strangled with a clothesline before being tied up and thrown from a bridge. According to initial reports, the boys tortured Bedrettin for selling tissues in the same vicinity as M.S.
Bedrettin and his four siblings were taken from their home by the social services department and placed under state custody. Police have also taken three people including Bedrettin’s mother into custody for allegedly having beaten the child at an earlier time in an attempt to make him beg.
