It was reported that 3 bodies were found in the vicinity of Ayazini Village and 2 bodies in the vicinity of Kıyır Village. It was learned that the distance between the two different locations is 10 kilometers.
Initial reports indicated that 5 people had been killed. However, according to information obtained, the bodies of 2 more people were found at a different location.
Additionally, it was learned that 2 people were seriously injured, and with one of the injured losing their life, the death toll reached 8.
SUSPECT FLED IN A RED VEHICLE
Gendarmerie teams arriving at the scene upon notification took extensive security measures in the surrounding area, and an investigation into the incident was launched.
It was determined that the individuals were shot and killed with a pump-action shotgun, and the suspect fled the scene in a red light commercial vehicle. According to initial findings, the possibility that the suspect, who came from out of town, fled in the vehicle toward the direction of Kütahya is being investigated.
Efforts to apprehend the suspect or suspects are ongoing.
On the other hand, the roads leading to the villages where the murders took place were closed by gendarmerie teams.
Police and gendarmerie teams have launched a large-scale operation to capture the fleeing individual.
STATEMENT FROM THE AFYON GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
The Afyonkarahisar Governor's Office issued a statement regarding the armed attacks that occurred in the province, saying, “Unfortunately, 8 of our citizens have lost their lives and 1 citizen has been seriously injured in the armed attacks that occurred in our province. Our condolences to all.”
The statement from the Governor's Office included the following:
“Unfortunately, 8 of our citizens have lost their lives and 1 citizen has been seriously injured in the armed attacks that occurred in our province."
“The judicial process is being carried out with sensitivity”
"In order to clarify all aspects of the incident and to ensure the process is carried out effectively, all relevant institutions of our state have been acting in coordination since the first moment of the incident and are meticulously continuing the necessary work.
The judicial process is being carried out with sensitivity under the coordination of our Afyonkarahisar Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
We wish God's mercy upon our citizens who lost their lives, and offer our condolences and patience to their grieving families and relatives.
Our condolences to all.”
IT HAS EMERGED THAT THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK HAD NO CONNECTION TO EACH OTHER
New and striking details have emerged regarding the massacre-like attack in the İhsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar, in which 8 people lost their lives and 1 person was injured. It was learned that 2 teachers among those who lost their lives had no connection to each other, and their only common point was traveling in the same vehicle. While it was determined that the attacker randomly stopped passing vehicles and opened fire, efforts to capture the suspect continue uninterrupted.
The investigation into the bloody incident is deepening. Following the atrocity that occurred in the İhsaniye district and resulted in the deaths of 8 people, examinations revealed that two of the victims were teachers. Initial research indicated that the 2 teachers who lost their lives had no prior acquaintance or connection with each other, and were only traveling in the same vehicle by coincidence.
It was determined that the deranged attacker randomly stopped vehicles traveling on the highway and rained bullets on the innocent people inside. Security forces are conducting a large-scale effort to identify and capture the suspect who fled after the moments of terror. Security measures in the region have been raised to the highest level.
Vehicles removed by tow truck
The vehicles where the attack took place and which were targeted by bullets were removed from the area with the help of a tow truck after the crime scene investigation teams completed their detailed evidence collection work.
Large-scale operations carried out by police and gendarmerie teams to capture the fugitive attacker continue.
IDENTITY OF THE ATTACKER HAS BEEN DETERMINED
The identity of the deranged perpetrator who went from village to village in Afyonkarahisar and massacred 8 people has been determined. It was revealed that the suspect, who disappeared in a vehicle he hijacked after turning the region into a bloodbath, is Arif Sefa Özdemir, born in 1996. Efforts by teams to capture the perpetrator, who is registered to the Bozhöyük population of İhsaniye, are ongoing.
News Source: 12punto
