On May 23, Juall was stopped and checked by anti-terrorist teams in the city center, on allegations that he uttered words like “bombs”, “containers” and “explosion” while talking on the phone.

When the police forces did not find a suspicious situation, they sent Juall to his hotel.

But one day after the incident, Juall was taken from the hotel he was staying at and was taken to Ankara to be deported.

The American frequently changed hotels throughout his stay in Konya and often did not leave his room. When he went out, he allegedly displayed “inconsistent movements” and spoke to himself, according to Demirören News Agency.

It later emerged that Juall had been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for “attempted sexual abuse” in Istanbul in 2015, but was released from prison in July 2016.