Law Student Kills Female Lecturer After She Caught Him Cheating In An Exam

A female lecturer at a university has been killed by an
angry law student after being caught cheating in an exam.

A research assistant at an Ankara university was killed on
Wednesday by a disgruntled student after she caught him cheating in
an exam, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.

The Cankaya University law school student, identified only as
Ismail H., first stabbed the research assistant, Ceren Damar Senel,
and then shot her dead.

Damar, who was severely injured, succumbed to her wounds despite
efforts by paramedics. The student was detained shortly after.

The police determined that the suspect had used a gun owned by
his father, a retired police officer, to shoot the academic.

An investigation has been launched into the incident.

In a statement Cankaya University said exams throughout the
university were suspended for one day and for three days, between
Jan. 3 and 5, at the law faculty.

Meanwhile, the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office said on
Thursday that it had also launched another investigation regarding
the same incident over a student’s remarks “praising a crime and a
criminal.”

The prosecutor’s office said their investigation concerns a
student, known only by the initials M.B., who said: “This exemplary
behavior [of the killing of Ceren Damar Senel] will hopefully
reflect on our exams. Have a nice working day, everyone.”

The murder also sparked a debate on gun ownership in Turkey
where citizens own more than 25 million firearms.

According to a local foundation, incidents involving guns
increased in Turkey by 28 percent in 2018.