(Zaman Al Wasl)- Turkish Police have arrested a Syrian man in Bursa city connected to the murder of leading opposition activist and her journalist daughter in Istanbul ten days ago, Turkish daily reported on Saturday .
Yeni Safak newspaper said Ahmed Barakat, cousin of the victims relatives, had stabbed to death Orouba Barakat, 60, and daughter Halla, 23, in their flat in Uskudar, a district in the Asian part of Istanbul.
Shaza Barakat, prominent relief worker and sister of Orouba, said in a voice statement that the Syrian intelligence had recruited the former rebel fighter who was evacuated from western suburbs of Damascus to Idlib before arriving to Istanbul to meet his aunt and cousin were he got their assistance and care.
The elder Barakat was a well-known and outspoken critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She was a member of the the Syrian National Coalition and had written extensively on the use of torture in government prisons.
She was also active in Turkey's Syrian community, and helped out refugees financially, as one recalled to the New York Times.
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