"Although the main focus has so far been on food poisoning as a likely cause of death, investigators have also found that a ground-floor room of the hotel had recently been sprayed with chemicals, likely pesticides, the Hurriyet news website reported Saturday. Police have detained a hotel employee and two pest control workers, meaning that seven people have now been arrested in connection with the deaths, it added."
"Possible food poisoning in focus The family fell ill after eating stuffed mussels from a street vendor and soup and a dish made from calf intestines, known in Turkish as kokorec, at another shop, according to the daily Sabah newspaper. They are also known to have bought Turkish delight and water, while the Anadolu news agency reported that they also ate chicken. The two children, aged 3 and 6, were admitted to hospital on Wednesday and treated for nausea and vomiting, but were initially discharged."
A hotel in Istanbul was evacuated after a German-Turkish mother and her two children died from suspected poisoning and two other tourists were hospitalized with nausea and vomiting. The father remained in critical condition in hospital. Investigators have focused on food poisoning and discovered a ground-floor hotel room recently sprayed with chemicals, likely pesticides. Police detained a hotel employee and two pest-control workers, bringing arrests linked to the deaths to seven. Forensic teams have taken drinking-water samples. The family had eaten stuffed mussels, soup, kokorec, Turkish delight, water and reportedly chicken before falling ill; the children were admitted, discharged, then readmitted before dying.
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