UPDATES WITH STATEMENT OF ANKARA POLICE DEPARTMENT
By Hamdi Celikbas, Soner Aksakal, Cankut Tasdan
ANKARA (AA) – A police officer was accidentally shot during a security control in capital Ankara and was pronounced dead, the province’s police department said in a statement.
The incident came after the police officer made the suspected man get off a passenger bus, which was en route to Istanbul from southeastern Siirt province, during a security control.
The statement said the suspect ran away and the police officer, whose name is not disclosed, was shot and martyred after a warning fire was opened during the police hunt.
