A police officer accidentally shot himself while cleaning his weapon in Sakarya and died in the hospital.

A police officer accidentally shot himself while cleaning his weapon in Sakarya and died in the hospital.

09.02.2026 16:31

Police officer Umut Sıbıç, who was injured when his weapon accidentally discharged while cleaning it at his home in the Hendek district of Sakarya, passed away despite the interventions at the hospital. Sıbıç was married and a father of one child.

A police officer who was injured when the gun he was cleaning accidentally fired in the Hendek district of Sakarya has died in the hospital.

FIRED WHILE CLEANING THE GUN

Police officer Umut Sıbıç (36), who lived in the Bayraktepe neighborhood, was seriously injured when the gun he was cleaning at home fired. Health and police teams were dispatched to the scene upon notification.

DIED

The police officer, who was taken to Hendek State Hospital, could not be saved despite the interventions made there. It was learned that Sıbıç was married and the father of one child.

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