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Ten injured in shotgun attack at children's park in Bursa
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Ten injured in shotgun attack at children's park in Bursa

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ten people were injured in a shotgun attack at a children's park in Bursa, Turkey.
  • The suspect allegedly drove to the park and fired multiple shots from a pump-action shotgun, hitting bystanders.
  • Police have arrested two suspects, aged 18, and are searching for the weapon.

A shooting at a children's park in Bursa, Turkey, left ten people injured on Monday evening. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. in the Sรผleymaniye neighborhood.

According to initial reports, a suspect identified as ร–.Y. arrived at the park in an unidentified vehicle and opened fire multiple times with a pump-action shotgun. The pellets struck ten individuals present in the park, causing panic among onlookers.

The injured, identified as Eymen ร‡. (17), Ahmet ร‡. (18), Osman ลž. (15), Ratibe A. (36), Berat V. (21), UฤŸurcan V. (27), Bora V. (15), Yusuf S. (13), Davut ร‡. (13), and Musab U. (16), were transported to ฤฐnegรถl State Hospital by ambulance and private vehicles for treatment.

Following the attack, police received information suggesting a possible connection to a market operated by the father of one of the suspects. Security measures were heightened around the market. Police have since arrested two suspects, ร–zkan ร‡. (18) and Emirhan Y. (18), who fled the scene. The investigation is ongoing to locate the shotgun used in the attack.

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