16.04.2025 21:40
In the Bayraklı district of İzmir, shots were fired at an ambulance driven by İbrahim Kutlutürk the other day. Describing the terrifying moments he experienced, Kutlutürk said, "If the bullets had hit the tanks in the ambulance, the vehicle could have exploded, and both the patient and we could have died."
In the Refik Şevket neighborhood of the Bayraklı district in İzmir, an ambulance driven by İbrahim Kutlutürk was shot at with a gun by a person identified as U.Ü. following a road dispute the day before yesterday. While the bullets hit the ambulance, the suspect fled the scene in his car.
ARRESTED
The ambulance driver Kutlutürk and the medical personnel with him, M.Y. and C.S., reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Following the report, police and medical teams were dispatched to the area. In the investigation initiated, the suspect U.Ü. was caught with the weapon used in the crime and was arrested. After his statement at the police station, the suspect was detained by the court he was brought before.
"HE PUNCHED, WHEN I FOUGHT BACK HE WENT TO HIS CAR AND GOT HIS GUN"
Describing the terrifying moments he experienced, 51-year-old ambulance driver Kutlutürk said, "On April 14, Monday, I went to the İzmir City Hospital to get a device around noon. After slowing down inside the hospital, a vehicle cut me off. The driver got out and punched me first in the door and then in the face. When I fought back, he went to his car and got his gun. As soon as I saw the gun, I immediately moved. After that, he shot at the car and started to follow me. After I got away from him, I took refuge in the emergency department of Ege University Hospital. Then I went to the hospital police and filed a complaint."
"IF THE BULLETS HAD HIT THE CYLINDERS IN THE AMBULANCE..."
Kutlutürk, who stated that there was no patient in the ambulance at the time of the incident, said, "If the bullets had hit the cylinders in the ambulance, the vehicle could have exploded, and both the patient and we could have died. Unfortunately, there are no cameras in private ambulances. Without cameras, we cannot protect ourselves in such incidents. If there had been a camera in the vehicle, it would have also made the police's job easier," he said.