Minor shot by police in Silvan dies

16-year-old Bilal Mengil who had been shot by police in Amed's Silvan district on September 9, has lost his life this morning.

16-year-old Bilal Mengil who had been shot by police in Amed's Silvan district on September 9, has lost his life this morning.

The minor had been receiving treatment at Batman Private Dünya Hospital since was targeted by police during heavy attacks in the district earlier this month. Mengil had been heavily wounded after a bullet hit him in the stomach on his way home back from a football match with his friend in the district.

The boy will undergo postmortem at hospital before burial in his hometown Silvan.