8-year-old hit by armored vehicle in life-threatening condition

The 8-year-old child who was hit by an armored vehicle while playing in the street in Cizre yesterday, remains in life-threatening condition.

A speeding armored vehicle hit 8 years old Ruken Cansırı as she was playing in the street in the Sur neighborhood of Şırnak’s Cizre district on Wednesday. Ruken was seriously wounded when she was hit by the armored vehicle.

The police didn’t call an ambulance and used the armored vehicle to take the girl to the Cizre Public Hospital. The girl was admitted for treatment in the hospital and reportedly suffered hemorrhaging in her stomach.

Hospital authorities stated that Cansırı will remain under observation in the intensive care unit and her situation would be clarified later on.

Witnesses said the armored vehicle was driving at a very high speed. Blood stains and a single shoe were found in the area where she was hit by the armored vehicle.