US EditionTeenager kills 2 officers in attack on Turkish police station
A 16-year-old with no prior criminal record attacked a police station using a pump-action shotgun, killing two officers and injuring three others, officials said.
- A shooting attack on a police station in Balcova, near Izmir, resulted in two officers killed and two others injured. The suspect, a 16-year-old named E.B., was arrested at the scene with injuries.
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya condemned the attack as 'heinous' and stated that one officer was seriously injured.
- E.B. has no prior criminal record and lived near the station where the incident occurred.
- Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc announced that an investigation is ongoing, led by a team of eight prosecutors.
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Teen arrested after two police shot dead near Turkey’s Izmir
Two officers were killed and two others wounded in a shooting attack on a police station near the Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, with a 16-year-old suspect arrested, officials said. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the "heinous" attack on the police station in Balcova, a district just west of the resort city, left two officers dead and a third "seriously injured". "The suspect in the incident, 16-year-old E.B., has been arrested and an inv…
In Izmir, Turkey, a 16-year-old boy committed a massacre at a police station. According to Turkish media, two officers were killed and two others seriously injured in the attack.
In the Turkish city of Izmir, there was a serious attack on a police station this morning, in which two police officers were killed and one was injured, Turkish authorities confirmed. The attack took place at around 8:30 am in the Balçova settlement, when a 16-year-old identified as Eren Bigül, came out in front of the Salih İşgören police station with a shotgun and opened fire. According to official information, one police officer was injured, …
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