Japanese tourist stabbed to death in Turkey, friend wounded


  • World
  • Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013

An ambulance is seen along a road where a Japanese tourist identified as Mai Kurkiharac was killed and another identified as Hoshie Teramatsu was wounded, near Zemi Valley in Goreme district in the central Anatolian town of Nevsehir, on September 9, 2013 in this still image taken from video provided by DHA. Kurkiharac and Teramatsu were found by another group of tourists who immediately alerted the authorities. Teramatsu was transferred to a nearby hospital and was under treatment, Dogan news agency reported. REUTERS/DHA via Reuters TV/Handout

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Japanese tourist was stabbed to death and her friend seriously wounded in an attack in a popular tourist destination in central Turkey, the Japanese embassy said on Tuesday.

The women, who police said were both 22, were attacked on Monday in Cappadocia, a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for its volcanic rock formations and centuries-old underground cities, southeast of the capital, Ankara.

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