Arab student from Israel found murdered in Turkey, her brother and father arrested as main suspects

Siwar Keblawi from the Arab town of Umm al-Fahem in northern Israel, died in the Turkish city of Izmit on Wednesday, in what local police suspect was a murder carried out by her father and brother, according to Turkish media reports. Siwar had fallen from a 3rd floor balcony and her death was portrayed by her relatives as a suicide. But after taking neighbors' testimonies and examining evidence, Turkish police now believe she jumped from the balcony in an attempt to escape from her brother and father, and was strangled by them shortly thereafter, according to media reports. She and her father had reportedly been living in an apartment in Izmit for the past few months, and she had enrolled as a student at a local university. Her brother arrived in Izmit from Israel earlier this week. For reasons unknown, Siwar and her brother are believed to have gotten into a fight on Wednesday evening, at which point she locked herself in a room with a balcony. Her brother then allegedly broke the door down, and Siwar is thought to have jumped out of the balcony to escape. She was badly hurt in the fall, but alive. However, according to Turkish media, the brother and the father are then suspected of carrying her back into the home, where one or both of them strangled her and killed her. Footage aired by Turkish media today showed the two carry her out of the yard - at a point when police believe she was still alive. Both the father and brother have been arrested in Turkey. One arrest was also documented and broadcast by Turkish press. The Foreign Ministry in Israel was working with Turkish authorities to bring the woman's body back to the country. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5459565,00.html ***************************************** Photos: The victim; The brother and father carry her after she jumped from the balcony; The arrest of the brother and father in Turkey Video: The brother and father carry her after she jumped from the balcony (it is suspected the brother choked her to death later on), and their arrest by Turkish police