00:00Six hotel staff and pest control workers went on trial in Turkey on Tuesday over charges of causing the deaths
00:07of a family of four from Germany poisoned by insecticide while on holiday in Istanbul late last year.
00:14Although the case was initially treated as food poisoning, traces of aluminium phosphide were later found in living areas in
00:21the hotel, according to forensic finders.
00:24Prosecutors are seeking prison terms of between two years and eight months and 22 years against the hotel and staff
00:32for causing the multiple deaths.
01:00The Turkish-German Brasek family were staying at the Harpo Suyt Old City Hotel in Istanbul's Fatih district when they
01:08fell ill on 12 November before eventually passing away.
01:12The case has raised concerns over hotel safety in Turkey as authorities promised stricter inspections.
01:20The Turkish-German Brasek family were staying at the Harpo Suyt Old City Hotel at the Harpo Suyt Old City
01:20Hotel at the Harpo Suyt Old City Hotel.
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