03.11.2026 00:20
At the restaurant in the Karabük Intercity Bus Terminal, a village headman shot a woman with a gun and then committed suicide with the same gun. The woman, who was injured by bullets hitting her body, was taken under treatment at Karabük Training and Research Hospital.
In Karabük, village headman Veysel Leylek (48) wounded a woman named S.B. (45), who worked at a restaurant in the intercity bus terminal, with a handgun and then committed suicide at the scene.
VILLAGE HEADMAN SHOT THE WOMAN AND COMMITTED SUICIDE
The incident occurred at the Intercity Bus Terminal. According to the information obtained, V.L., the headman of Çatak Village in the Ovacık district, opened fire with a gun at S.B., with whom he was alleged to have had a relationship, inside the terminal restaurant. As the woman, wounded by bullets that hit her body, collapsed to the ground, V.L. then shot himself with the same gun.
Following the report, numerous police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. After the medical teams' initial intervention, the injured woman was taken by ambulance to Karabük Training and Research Hospital. The body of the headman, who died in the incident, was taken to the hospital morgue after the work of the public prosecutor and crime scene investigation teams.
HE HAD SEPARATED FROM HIS WIFE A WEEK EARLIER
It was learned that headman V.L., a father of two children, had separated from his wife about a week earlier and had attempted suicide several times in recent months. An investigation has been launched into the incident.