Boys detained for brutal murder of 12-year-old


Police Monday detained three boys between the ages of 12 and 16 for the grisly murder of a 12-year-old boy in western Turkey. Body of Halil Bulut, who went missing on Nov. 20, was found in a forest in the city of Kütahya on Sunday. His throat was slit and head was crushed with a stone, with his hands and feet hogtied. Three boys identified only with their initials as H.K., A.K. and T.K. confessed to the murder though the motive is not disclosed.