Suspect who stabbed taxi driver 20 times arrested
In Bursa, taxi driver Yunus Emre Yüksel (35) was stabbed 20 times and robbed by a 19-year-old suspect he had picked up as a passenger. The suspect, who fled to the Yenişehir district, was arrested in a gendarmerie operation.
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The incident occurred yesterday around 20:00 in the village of Çepni in the Mudanya district.
According to allegations, taxi driver Yunus Emre Yüksel (35) picked up two passengers, one of whom was a woman, in the Mudanya district who wanted to go to Eskişehir in his vehicle with license plate 16 T 4225.
After traveling to Eskişehir and returning, the two individuals said they wanted to get off in the Çepni neighborhood of the district. At this point, 19-year-old T.S. grabbed a knife and wounded taxi driver Yüksel with 20 stab wounds to his back and arm.
Upon notification, health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the area, and the seriously injured Yüksel was taken to Bursa City Hospital for treatment. The suspects, who fled the scene, were placed under close pursuit by the gendarmerie.
ARRESTED IN OPERATION
As a result of a joint operation by teams from the Bursa Provincial Police Department and the Provincial Gendarmerie Command, the 19-year-old attacker named T.S. was taken into custody in the Yenişehir district.
The suspect will be referred to the courthouse following his statement at the police station.
Following the incident, taxi drivers formed a convoy in the evening to condemn the attack on their colleague.