Two police officers were killed in Izmir in western Turkey when a teenager attacked a police station with a firearm.
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the launch of an investigation and confirmed the arrest of the attacker. „An armed attack was carried out on the Balçova police station in Izmir. Unfortunately, the police chief, Senior Inspector First Class Muhsin Aydemir, and police officer Hasan Akin were killed. Police officer Ömer Amilag was seriously injured and police officer Murat Dağlı was slightly injured. A 16-year-old suspect with the initials E.B. has been detained. “An investigation into the incident has been launched“, Yerlikaya wrote in H.
The Salih Işgeren District Police Station was attacked. The attacker is a 16-year-old teenager who opened fire on law enforcement officers with a pistol. There is no information yet on the motives of the perpetrator.
The city's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched a judicial investigation into the armed attack.
“The Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office immediately launched a judicial investigation into the incident. Two deputy chief public prosecutors and six prosecutors have been appointed to lead the investigation“, Yılmaz Tunç, head of the Turkish Ministry of Justice, said in H.