Garo Kaprielyan, a well-known member of the Armenian community in Istanbul, was attacked on the densely Armenian-populated Kinaliada island near Istanbul.

Kaprielyan was attacked by employees of a shop on the island, who hit him and shouted insults related to his nationality, reports the Armenian Agos weekly of Istanbul. Garo Kaprielyan turned to the police in a state of being beaten, and reported that one of his fingers was broken.