An eyewitness said that the explosion in Ozalp (Van) was caused by a soldier who threw a hand grenade at playing children.

The mayor of Ozalp, Murat Durmaz, spoke to ANF, and said that an eyewitness to the incident has given his account of what happened to the police. Apparently the eyewitness has said that in fact the children who were playing next to the army base polygon did not actually found the bomb. According to the eyewitness a soldier has thrown the hand grenade where children were playing with a ball and then, the witness said, he escaped. After giving his statement to the police at the scene of the incident, the eyewitness has gone to the magistrate. The child who lost his life because of the explosion was named as Oðuz Akyükrek. He was 13. Other five children between the age of 9 and 13 were badly injured. Three of them are said to be in serious conditions.

The explosion occurred in Ozalp (Van) next to the military shooting polygon of the Military Base of Gen. Mustafa Muðlalý.