A
youth opened fire on Turkish police officers in the southeastern
province of Şanlıurfa late on July 11, killing three officers and
wounding another three before eventually being shot dead.
The
17-year-old gunman, identified as Hüseyin Doğukan Erdoğan, the son of a
retired soldier, opened fire on police officers at a bus terminal in the
province where he was stopped along with his family for an identity
check. Three police officers were wounded in the shooting, while Erdoğan
fled the scene after seizing a wounded police officer’s gun.
Around
500 meters away, Erdoğan wounded another three police officers from
inside a building which was surrounded by special forces officers. He
was heavily wounded during an armed clash with police but later
succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
Police officers Sinan
Akdemir, Mehmet Ünaldı and Hasan Hüseyin Çalışkan were wounded in the
initial fire and later succumbed to their injuries in hospital. The
other wounded police officers, Mehmet Birer, Lokman Deren and Ömer Faruk
Korkoğlu, were receiving treatment.
Meanwhile, Şanlıurfa
Governor Güngör Azim Tuna told reporters that Erdoğan had been suffering
from psychological problems according to his family’s testimony, adding
that it was not a terror-related incident.
He also added that Erdoğan had taken the gun belonging to his father, who is a retired specialized sergeant.
It has also been reported that Erdoğan’s parents were about to divorce.
Police also detained Erdoğan’s mother and sister, who were with him after the incident.
