17.05.2026 21:40
The suspect who killed two police officers in a clash while intervening in an armed fight in the Çorlu district of Tekirdağ was cornered and caught by security forces while trying to escape. The bloody attacker was nearly lynched by citizens at the scene when caught. Despite their grief, police teams again saved the attacker, who is reported to have psychological problems, from the lynching.
Police officers Erkan Tütüncüler and Emrah Koç, who intervened in an armed brawl in Tekirdağ's Çorlu district, were killed in the ensuing clash, and the murder suspect was caught while trying to escape after being cornered. Police teams barely rescued him from an angry crowd that wanted to lynch the murderer who ruthlessly martyred their colleagues.
AREA CORDONED OFF
The tragic incident that plunged Çorlu into mourning began when police teams responding to an armed brawl report were fired upon. Police officers Erkan Tütüncüler and Emrah Koç, hit by the attacker's bullets, could not be saved despite all interventions and fell as martyrs. After the incident, the area was cordoned off to capture the fleeing attacker.
CORNERED TO DROP HIS WEAPON
The murder suspect's escape and capture were captured second by second by nearby security cameras. The attacker, surrounded by teams, resisted for a while with a pistol and knife in hand. Police colleagues, whose fellow officers lay bleeding, aimed their guns at the suspect and warned him to drop his weapons. After a while, the suspect threw his gun and knife to the ground and was subdued by the teams.
POLICE SAVED HIM FROM LYNCHING
Neighborhood residents, who heard the news and poured into the streets, went wild upon seeing the murderer captured after learning two police officers had been martyred.
Citizens lunged at the murder suspect, wanting to lynch him. Police teams, who had just lost their colleagues and fellow officers, maintained professionalism and formed a human wall around the murderer.
The teams, who barely calmed the angry crowd, saved the attacker from being lynched at the last moment and put him into an armored vehicle.
The suspect, taken into custody and sent to the hospital, is claimed to reside in Istanbul's Silivri district and to have been receiving psychological treatment. A wide-ranging investigation into the incident continues.