Killing Cousins

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(HaberTürk Newspaper, 25 February 2018)


It's just a mess...well, it'll have to do until the real 
mess gets here...

In Çeltikdere village of Seben district, Bolu province, a fight
erupted between cousins over a land dispute and O.B. shot dead
4 persons, seriously wounding 5 others.  The incident occurred
at 16:00 yesterday when O.B.got into an argument with his cousin
Ayhan Büyüktopaç about land.

O.B. fired his rifle, killing Ayhan, his wife Emine, son Taşkın
and sister Zekiye.  Ayhan's nephew Soner and his father Mehmet
were wounded, as were Onur, Mustafa and Hatice Büyüktopaç,
all of whom have life-threatening injuries.  After the massacre,
O.B. surrendered to the Gendarmerie.  He, too, had been injured
by blows from bats and sticks.