A 19-year-old youth was heavily wounded as a result of an armed attack by Turkish forces in Silopi district of Şırnak.

Armored police vehicles have been deployed on Sağlık Avenue in Barbaros neighborhood of Silopi early this morning. Fire opened from a police vehicle left 19-year-old Abdulkadir Karakaplan heavily wounded.

The youth was taken to Silopi State Hospital and received initial treatment here, from which he was referred to Şırnak State hospital. He has been taken under surgery here.

A civilian by the name of Abdullah Vargı, who rushed the youth to hospital in Silopi in his personal car after the attack, has been taken into custody by police.