The shot that killed Eisenur Ezgi Eigi, an activist with American and Turkish citizenship, in the West Bank was fired from a long distance, most -probably from a sniper. Such conclusions were reached by specialists from the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Izmir, whose report on the autopsy was received by the Turkish state television TRT-Haber, BTA reported.
It notes that “the shot was fired from a long distance", so it can be said that it was the work of a sniper. According to Turkish experts, the head wound the woman received was fatal.
Forensic experts have found “six foreign metal objects” in the activist's body. They have been handed over as physical evidence to the Turkish General Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating the incident.
The coroner's report stated that “death was caused by tissue damage to the head and brain due to a gunshot wound.
Aigi, who has American and Turkish citizenship, participated in a protest against the expansion of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. She died of her wounds on September 6 after being shot in the head by Israeli soldiers. She was buried on September 14 in her hometown of Didim, Ayden County, Western Turkey.