Man Shoots Ex-Partner Dead In Street

A man identified as M.I. shot his former girlfriend dead on Tuesday on a street in Edirne's İpsala district.

The incident occurred when the two, who had previously been in a relationship for eight years, came across each other by chance on a street in the Saraç İlyas neighborhood and began to argue. As the argument intensified, M.I. took out his unlicensed gun and shot the woman -- identified as Seliha Tokat -- three times. M.I. then fled the scene.

Tokat was taken to İpsala State Hospital, where the 33-year-old lost her life. M.I. was later arrested and charged with murder with intent and placed in Edirne Closed Prison.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

(Cihan/Today's Zaman)