Body of gay Syrian refugee found beheaded in Turkey: reports

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Body of gay Syrian refugee found beheaded in Turkey: reports

The body of a gay Syrian refugee was found mutilated and beheaded two days after he disappeared in central Istanbul, a local rights group has said.

Mohammed Wisam Sankari went missing on 23 July after leaving his home in the conservative Fatih district, Turkish gay rights group Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association (Kaos GL) said on Wednesday.

His killing has not been widely reported in Turkish media, other than in a handful of leftist publications citing Kaos GL. There has so far been no official confirmation he was killed for being gay.

His body was found mutilated and decapitated on 25 July, two days after he disappeared, the association said.

Sankari, a poet who ran the Facebook page "Poetry is My Goal", arrived in Istanbul a year ago after fleeing Syria's civil war, but had wanted to leave Turkey because he feared for his life.

He was threatened by male gangs carrying knives who said they wanted to rape him, friends told Kaos GL.

Following his earlier abduction, Sankari had made a complaint to the police, friends claimed, but "nothing happened".

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