2024 Eskişehir stabbing
| 2024 Eskisehir stabbing | |
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Küçükyetim in his livestream, moments before the attack | |
| Location | Eskişehir, Turkey |
| Date | 12 August 2024 c. 18:22 (TRT) |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 5 |
| Perpetrator | Arda Küçükyetim |
| Sentence | 75 years and 5 months' imprisonment |
| Motive | |
| Convictions |
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On 12 August 2024, a mass stabbing attack took place outside of Tepebaşı Mosque in Eskişehir, Turkey. The suspect behind the attack has been identified as 18-year-old Arda Küçükyetim. The attack was livestreamed on Kick through a camera attached to the suspect's vest.
Five people were stabbed and injured before Küçükyetim was detained by the police, one of these people was hospitalized in serious condition, but has since then recovered. Küçükyetim's trial is set to proceed in Eskişehir's 6th High Criminal Court. He was charged of five counts of attempted premeditated murder and creating public panic.
In September 2025, he was sentenced to 75 years and 5 months' imprisonment.