Minister Yılmaz Tunç announces that suspects who attacked A Haber reporters have been detained

Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç, in a post on his social media account, recalled that detention procedures were carried out within the scope of a judicial investigation conducted by the Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into employees working at the Büyükçekmece Municipality, and that during this process, A Haber reporter Ahmet Nazif Vural and his cameraman Hüseyin Koçak were attacked while performing their journalistic duties.

DETAINED

Conveying his best wishes to the media members who were attacked, Tunç stated, "Due to the incident, an investigation for the crime of intentional injury has been initiated by the Büyükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, and the identified suspects have been detained. Both investigations are continuing meticulously."

Büyükçekmece Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığınca Büyükçekmece Belediye Başkanlığında çalışan görevlilere yönelik yürütülen bir adli soruşturma kapsamında gözaltı işlemi yapılmış, bu esnada habercilik görevini yapan AHaber muhabiri Ahmet Nazif Vural ve kameramanı Hüseyin KOÇAK saldırıya…

— Yılmaz TUNÇ (@yilmaztunc) January 18, 2024