Lebanese Man, Wife Killed in Turkey, Child Missing

A Lebanese man and his Syrian wife have been killed in Turkey's Istanbul while their son has gone missing, Lebanon's National News Agency reported on Friday.

The agency said the crime occurred overnight Thursday in Istanbul's Arnavutkoy area.

“The couple, Lebanese expat Mohammed Mahmoud Bashir and his Syrian wife Nisrine Kreidi, were strangled to death and their bodies were found on the side of the road in an Istanbul neighborhood,” NNA said.

It said the wife was in her first month of pregnancy and that Turkish police has announced that the couple's 10-year-old child is missing.

According to NNA, the man hailed from the southern town of Beit Leef.

“Police has arrested two Syrian men suspected of carrying out the murder for theft,” the agency added.

It said the couple had a household linen business in Istanbul.