A string of attacks against elderly Armenian women occurred in Istanbul in late 2012 and early 2013. The victims were all lone octogenarians. Two of them were badly battered and lost their sight, while a third was stabbed to death after a brutal beating.
The first victim, Turfanda Asik, 87, lost an eye as a result of a severe beating at the hands of an assailant who broke into her home. The assailant — or perhaps the assailants — took nothing from the apartment.
