08.11.2026 11:00
In Istanbul's Kağıthane district, a hooded suspect entered a jewelry store where customers were present, opened fire on 57-year-old Salim H., and fled. Salim H., who was wounded in the back, was taken to the hospital. Police caught the 15-year-old suspect S.Ö. within about 15 minutes; the unlicensed pistol that the suspect said he used in the incident was also seized. It emerged that an armed attack was also carried out on the same jewelry store 2 months ago.
One person was injured in an armed attack on a jewelry store in Kağıthane where customers were present. The 15-year-old suspect who fled after the attack was caught shortly afterward, while the incident was captured by security camera.
HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE BACK
At a jewelry store in Çağlayan Neighborhood, around 14:30 on Thursday, November 5, a hooded suspect entered while customers were present and opened fire with a gun. Salim H., who was wounded in the back, was taken to hospital by ambulance after medical teams' initial intervention at the scene. It was learned that Salim H. was not in life-threatening danger. The suspect fled the scene.
15-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT CAUGHT IN 15 MINUTES
After the attack, teams from the Public Order Bureau of the Kağıthane District Police Department launched an investigation in the area. In the area where officers from the Kağıthane Patrol Teams Command were also on duty at fixed checkpoints, S.Ö. was detained about 15 minutes after the attack.
HE SHOWED WHERE HE THREW THE WEAPON
It was learned that S.Ö. admitted in his first statement to police that he carried out the attack. The suspect said he threw away the weapon he used in the incident while fleeing. Police searching the specified location seized 1 unlicensed pistol and 18 bullets. It was determined that S.Ö. was caught at a close distance to where he threw the weapon.
HE OPENED FIRE AS SOON AS HE ENTERED
The moment of the attack was captured by the workplace's security camera. In the footage, the hooded suspect is seen opening fire toward Salim H. as soon as he enters the jewelry store where customers were present, and then fleeing. What happened at the scene after the attack was also recorded with a mobile phone camera.
THE SAME JEWELRY STORE WAS ALSO ATTACKED 2 MONTHS AGO
It emerged that an armed attack was also carried out on the same jewelry store on Saturday, September 5. Of the 2 suspects who came to the workplace on a motorcycle, the person sitting behind opened fire on the workplace with its shutters closed. The suspect driving the motorcycle recorded the attack with a mobile phone. Four bullets hit the workplace's shutter.
It was learned that jewelry store owner Mehmet H. (69) had applied to the prosecutor's office, stating that he had received threats earlier. Teams from the Organized Crime Branch Directorate and Intelligence Branch Directorate, conducting work on that attack, carried out simultaneous operations in Istanbul, Hakkari, Kocaeli and Eskişehir. Five suspects were detained in the operations.
An investigation has been launched regarding the latest attack.