18.05.2026 18:50
In Mersin's Tarsus district, an alarm was raised after a 17-year-old attacker killed 4 people and wounded 8 others with a pump-action shotgun. As the fleeing attacker is being searched for everywhere, aerial searches have also been initiated with helicopters.
In the Tarsus district of Mersin, a suspect who carried out an armed attack has so far killed 4 people and injured 8 others in different locations.
4 PEOPLE KILLED IN PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN ATTACK
According to the information obtained, M.Ö. went to Sabri Pan's restaurant in Kadelli District and opened fire randomly with a pump-action shotgun. Upon notification, 112 Emergency Health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the address. It was learned that the attacker, who fled the scene, also shot at some people in other districts.
The business owner Sabri Pan died at the hospital he was taken to, while employee Ahmet Ercan Can died at the scene. The fleeing attacker also killed Yusuf Oktay, one of the young people herding animals in Kaburgediği District, and Abdullah Koca, a truck driver near his home in Yenimahalle District.
ATTACKER BEING SEARCHED BY LAND AND AIR
A large-scale search operation has been launched for the attacker, who disappeared after the incident. A police helicopter also took off to capture the attacker.