Woman executed by police in a house raid in Amed

After raiding a house in Bağlar district of Amed province, police forces rained bullets and fired a bomb into the house, which left one person dead.

After raiding a house in Bağlar district of Amed province, police forces rained bullets and fired a bomb into the house, which left one person dead.

The raid by police forces targeted a flat on the second floor of a building on Sakarya Street of Bağlar's 5 Nisan neighborhood late yesterday.

According to reports, police first rained bullets on the flat before breaking its door and entering inside.

While a woman in the flat was executed, the paralyzed house-owner Hayriye Küçük was taken to hospital, and her daughters Sevgi Küçük, Songül Küçük and Nesrin Küçük as well as three other people were detained and taken to Diyarbakır Police Headquarters.

Police also opened fire into the air and attacked the people that gathered around the building as the incident took place.