03.06.2025 11:11
In the Torbalı district of İzmir, the death toll has risen to 4 after Ayşe Özdemir passed away in the hospital where she was being treated following a shotgun attack that claimed the lives of 3 people. While the treatment of the 4-year-old child who was injured in the attack and Özdemir's 1-year-old son continues, 4 more individuals who were found to have assisted the assailant have been taken into custody.
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On May 29, around 16:30, an incident occurred in the Ayrancılar neighborhood of the Torbalı district in İzmir. A person opened fire with a shotgun on a car driven by Adnan Özdemir, who was in motion. While the assailant fled with the weapon, those nearby reported the situation to health and gendarmerie teams.
THE NUMBER OF DECEASED HAS RISEN TO 4 Health teams that arrived at the scene determined that the motorcycle mechanic driver Adnan Özdemir (61), Abdullah Altun, and Fatma Altun had lost their lives. The injured Miraç Altun (4), Adnan Özdemir's daughter-in-law Ayşe Özdemir (32), and his son Ahmet Ege Özdemir (1) were taken to nearby hospitals by ambulances. The lifeless bodies of the three deceased were taken to the İzmir Forensic Medicine Institute morgue after the prosecutor's examination. Ayşe Özdemir, one of the injured, passed away this morning at the hospital where she was being treated. It was reported that the treatment of the other two injured individuals is ongoing.
Adnan Özdemir (left) and Ayşe Özdemir (middle) who lost their lives in the attack, along with their injured son Ahmet Ege Özdemir (right) THEY WERE BURIED The funerals of those who lost their lives in the incident were received by their relatives. The three deceased were buried in the Torbalı district on May 30.
THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS HAS RISEN TO 5 Gendarmerie teams that initiated an investigation into the incident identified the suspect as K.K. The teams captured K.K. at the identified address and took him into custody. As part of the investigation, the gendarmerie teams also detained 4 more individuals on the grounds that they assisted K.K. Thus, the number of arrests rose to 5.
THE ATTACK WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA Meanwhile, moments when the assailant K.K. opened fire on those in the car with a shotgun were captured by a nearby security camera. The footage showed K.K. firing repeatedly at those in the car with a shotgun and fleeing the scene afterward.
ALLEGATION OF A REVENGE ATTACK On the other hand, it was suggested that the incident occurred to take revenge for a murder committed in 2023. The suspects, whose procedures were completed at the gendarmerie station, were referred to the courthouse on May 31. Suspects K.K., B.B., and A.S.B. were arrested, while the others were released under judicial control.
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