01.08.2024 19:51
The words spoken by Police Officer Ahmet Şahan, who was shot and killed by an escaped convict with a gun in Kastamonu, to keep young people away from drugs at the festival, broke hearts. The news of the martyrdom of Ahmet Şahan, who provided education on drug prevention in Kastamonu, plunged the citizens into mourning.
The words spoken by Police Officer Ahmet Şahan, who was shot and killed by an escaped convict with a gun, to keep young people away from drugs at the festival in Kastamonu broke hearts.
HE WAS MARTYRED BY A BULLET FROM THE DRUG ADDICT'S GUN
In an incident that occurred in Kastamonu in the morning hours, İsmail Bayam, a drug addict and escaped convict, was reported to be in the house where his parents lived. Kastamonu Provincial Police Department Narcotics Crimes Branch teams, who took action upon this report, conducted an operation at the address.
During the operation, the suspect, who saw police officers Arif Ay and Ahmet Şahan, started firing with a shotgun. Police officers Arif Ay and Ahmet Şahan were injured by the bullets from the suspect's gun. Then, İsmail Bayan, who locked himself in the house, took his mother S.B. hostage.
After about 4 hours of tense waiting at the scene, the Special Operations Police intervened and conducted an operation at the house. The attacker was killed and neutralized by the police teams. The hostage mother S.B. was successfully rescued unharmed.
HE WAS CARRYING OUT PROJECTS TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY FROM DRUGS
Ahmet Şahan, a 38-year-old Martyred Police Officer born in Nevşehir, was known by the public for the training seminars he gave on combating drugs in Kastamonu. Martyred Police Officer Ahmet Şahan, who had two children, gave dozens of trainings and seminars within the framework of the projects carried out by Kastamonu Provincial Police Department to keep young people away from drugs. The news of Şahan's martyrdom saddened all the people of Kastamonu.
Martyred Police Officer Ahmet Şahan, who will be laid to rest in his hometown Nevşehir, expressed the harms of drugs at a festival in Kastamonu last year, saying, "Our only goal as Kastamonu Provincial Police Department is to build a young person who can say 'no' to drugs, a family who can say 'no' to drugs, and a society who can say 'no' to drugs. This is our only concern. We would like to emphasize to all our citizens that the door of our Narcotics Crimes Branch is open" and these words broke hearts.