Criminal investigations into the stabbing to death of a Korean Christian at the end of November are continuing under a cloak of judicial secrecy, as authorities search for evidence to resolve the controversy over the killer’s motive.
South Korean Jin-Wook Kim, 41, was murdered in a late-night attack on the streets of Diyarbakir (southeast Turkey’s largest city), while walking alone in a small alley near his home in the city’s impoverished Baglar district. Bleeding heavily from two deep stab wounds to his heart and a third in his back, Kim stumbled onto a nearby street, where passers-by alerted the police and called an ambulance.
Despite prompt emergency medical efforts, Kim died that night. He is survived by his wife, then pregnant with their second child, and four-year-old son. Five days later, his widow gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Sevinc (‘Joy’ in Turkish).
