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 16-year-old opened fire on a police station in Balcova, killing two police officers and injuring two others, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.
- The suspect, identified as EB, was arrested with injuries and had no prior criminal record, reported Izmir Governor Suleyman Elban.
- Footage showed the suspect carrying a rifle and entering the building during the attack, with multiple bullet cases found nearby, as stated by the DHA news agency.
- Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay condemned the attack as 'treacherous' and expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
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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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