Two Turkish police officers were killed by a 16-year-old boy in a gun attack on a police station in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, the interior minister said.
Izmir has been subjected to militant attacks in the past, including a car bombing that killed two people in 2017, but officials provided no information about the likely purpose for Monday’s incident in the city’s Balcova area, which also injured two officers.
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In an X post, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya identified the teenager arrested over the attack only as E.B., adding that one of the wounded officers had been seriously injured. He also added that two other officers suffered lighter injuries.
Turkish broadcasters released CCTV video showing an attacker wearing a black balaclava firing a rifle at the police station from across the street.
Subsequent footage broadcast by official broadcaster TRT showed the attacker shooting down a road before fainting with a leg injury and repeatedly chanting “Allahu akbar”, or “God is greatest”, as police closed in to make the arrest.
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In a post on X, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc stated that Izmir’s top public prosecutor has launched an investigation with an eight-strong team of prosecutors.
Many officials condemned the incident and expressed condolences to the victims’ families.
