Gulistan Subasi
Police detectives are hunting the killer of a 26-year-old Turkish woman, who was blasted with a shotgun on a doorstep in Clapton on Monday night.
The killer fired the weapon into the young woman’s chest as she opened the door to her mother’s house in an alley off Kingsmead Way.
He left Gulistan Subasi dying in the alleyway as he fled into the night.
One resident, who lives in a house opposite the alley, told The Hackney Post: “There was just a bang – just one big bang – then screaming, really bad screaming, and shouting and talking in their language.”
Emergency services were called to the house just opposite the high-rise Kingsmead Estate at 8.30pm.
Subasi was pronounced dead at the scene when police and paramedics arrived on Kingsmead Way, only a mile away from the Olympic Stadium.
Police cordoned off the area throughout Tuesday and Wednesday as forensic teams began combing the area for clues.
DCI Jackie Sebire, of Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: “Ms Subasi was callously shot at close range after answering a knock on the door to her mother’s flat, which is reached via an alleyway off Kingsmead Way.
“As she collapsed on the doorstep, her killer made off from the scene along Kingsmead Way, heading towards Meeson Street.
“The suspect is described as male, approximately 6ft tall, of slim build, wearing a light coloured hooded top (worn with hood up) light coloured trousers, and a rucksack/drawstring bag on his back. His face may have been covered and he may have been wearing gloves.”
A spokesperson from Scotland Yard said police are “keeping an open mind” regarding the reason for the killing, though residents said police had told them that the death resulted from a “domestic argument that got out of hand.”
Police also played down possibilities that the shooting was either gang-linked or an “honour killing”.
The young woman had returned from a holiday to Turkey only two days earlier, and had recently been involved in a “messy divorce”, said one resident who asked not to be named.
The victim lived above the Aysal Food Company, a local Turkish shop.
Another Kingsmead resident, who also preferred to remain anonymous, said: “People have been killed around here year-in, year-out, and it’s been notorious for it.
“It’s actually quite rare now, fortunately,” he added. “What’s interesting is why he had a firearm.”
In the last year there were six homicides throughout Hackney and 167 counts of gun crime, according to police statistics.
The police are yet to make any arrests and are appealing for witnesses. Anyone with information should call the Met Police incident room on 020 8358 0200 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
