Child hit by police armored vehicle dies

Efe Tektekin was only 6. He could not survive the injuries suffered after being hit by an armored vehicle belonging to the police. The little boy was hit on 11 September in Amed.

Efe Tektekin was 6. He was crushed by an armored vehicle belonging to the police on Emek Avenue in Bağlar, in Amed. He died because of the injuries he sustained when the huge vehicle hit him.

Tektekin was hit by the armored vehicle on 11 September and was being treated at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine. He could not be saved despite all the interventions.

The body of the little boy has been taken to Selahattin Eyyubi State Hospital for autopsy. Little Efe will be buried at Yenikoy Cemeter.

Tektekin's grandfather Mehmet Tektekin (85) died on 6 June 2018 due to the impact of a TOMA (water cannon vehicle).