Most of the knifeman’s victims appeared to be elderly men who were reportedly attacked from behind (Picture: Twitter)
A teenager dressed in ‘Nazi’ combat gear livestreamed a bloody knife rampage outside a mosque in Turkey.
Graphic footage from the attack shows the 18-year-old glaring into the camera from beneath a skeletal balaclava, helmet and goggles before targeting visitors to the Tepebaşı Mosque in the northwestern city of Eskişehir.
After watching a group of men chatting among themselves, he steps forward and stabs one of them.
The suspect says nothing during the terrifying two-minute clip.
He can only be heard breathing loudly as he runs amok through a park, a train station and nearby streets lunging at strangers seemingly at random.
Most of his victims appeared to be elderly men who were attacked from behind, the New York Post reports.
Police eventually managed to detain him, with footage showing him lying handcuffed on the ground with officers standing over him.
Graphic footage from the attack shows the 18-year-old glaring into the camera from beneath a skeletal balaclava, helmet and goggles (Picture: Twitter)
The 18-year-old suspect, armed with a long knife, broadcast the attack at the tea garden of a mosque in the city of Eskisehir live on X (Picture: Twitter)
Although the motive for the attack is not yet clear, local outlets reported the knifeman was dressed up as a character from the video game which inspired the rampage.
‘The attacker was dressed like a person in a game, with an axe at his waist, wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet, his face masked, news site Eskisehir Durum reported.
Images of the suspect show him wearing what looks like a bullet-proof vest allegedly emblazoned with a ‘black sun’ – a Nazi SS symbol made up of several swastikas which has been adopted by far-right and white supremacist groups.
Some of the victims required hospital treatment for their injuries, but none are thought to be life-threatening.
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