Massacre attempt by police in Mersin

Police forces opened random fire on the streets in Akdeniz district of Mersin. Many houses and shops were hit by bullets, while no one has fortuitously been shot in the fire.

Police forces that retreated to the police station after the actions held in support of people’s resistance in Cizre in Akdeniz district of Mersin, opened random fire on the streets. Many houses and shops were hit by bullets, while no one has fortuitously been shot in the fire.

In Güneş neighbourhood of Akdeniz bullets hit the house of one person by the name of Tahir Kaya. While no one was fortuitously harmed in the fire, one bullet hit even the television after passing by the balcony. Another bullet passed through the window frame and then the door of the saloon and sunk into the wall inside.
One other bullet hit the coach in the saloon after passing through the wall. Kaya said they are fortuitously living and described the attack as cruelty on people. Kaya filed an official complaint to the Siteler police station after the incident.

While the bullets opened many holes on the walls of the buildings in the neighborhood, closed shutters of many workplaces were also hit by the bullets, and broke the windows. The inhabitants of the neighborhood were shocked and told that they could hardly attribute meaning to what the police were up to.

In the meantime, tension remains high in many neighbourhoods in Akdeniz district, where the shutters of the shops were closed down in protest at the state terror in Cizre.