Two Northern Irish Ladies assassinated in Turkey

Two females from Northern Ireland have been attempted to death by a youngster in a forest in Turkey, according to local media.

The 17-year-old is considered to have killed the two women after one of them rejected go ahead for him to marry her daughter.

Turkey's state-run news agency Anatolia, stated that young adult, named locally as Recep C, took them in a taxi to a quiet woodland area of the district capital Izmir, where he murdered them both.

The fear is said to have been moved up by the daughter after the women failed to come back home, timely police to search the estate they were staying where the revealed bloody clothing in a basket.

As of early this afternoon the 15-year-old girl was had still not been told that her mother was deceased, the Daily Telegraph understands.

An Irish diplomat has been sent from Ankara, to take care for the girl, who was not with the women at the time of assault.

The suspect reportedly rejected any connection when first brazen out but admitted while being investigated by police. His father and the taxi driver have also been arrested, Anatolia reported.

One of the sufferers, understood to be from County Down, is said to own property in Kusdasi and used up long spells at the Aegean coast resort, which is called by thousands by British and Irish visitors every year.

Both women were visiting on Irish passports and are understood not to be British citizens.

South Down MP Margaret Ritchie said she was stunned by the deaths and offered her kindness to the bereaved families.

"My considerations are with those involved in this dreadful incident," she said.

"And also with their families, who never got an opportunity to say goodbye to their loved ones. I think all the people of South Down will be distressed by this news."