Dead Dog Day Aftermath

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 December 2010)

Mahoş Sontekin (52) and his son Mehmet Sontekin (29) went  to
a rural area to hunt with Cihan Sontekin (25), who runs a bakery,
in Alacakaya district of Elazığ Province on the morning of 26 December.
While hunting Cihan Sontekin shot and killed a dog that attacked him.
When the dog's owner, Sait Tokpınar, heard that his dog had been
killed he took along his son and went to the Sontekin's bakery. An
argument ensued and guns were drawn. As a result, Mahoş, Mehmet
and Cihan Sontekin were seriously wounded and Cihan Sontekin's
uncle, Hayrettin Sontekin (54), died. The Sontekins were taken to the
hospital, Tokpınar surrendered and his son, Arif Tokpınar, fled.