"Beat & Release": He Got Out Through the Bathroom Window, in Cide

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 7 October 2022)

Possesses remarkable powers of persuading Gendarmerie troops.

In Kastamonu province's Cide district, Atilla Yıldırım was arrested after

being involved in a fight.  The night before last, as Yıldırım was being

transported to Kastamonu Prison by the Gendarmerie he said he was 

hungry and persuaded his guards to stop at a pide restaurant in Cide.

While eating, Yıldırım persuaded the guards to let him take a bathroom 

break.  The guards agreed but then Yıldırım jumped from the bathroom

window to the ground 4 meters below and disappeared. (!)  

The search for Yıldırım is continuing.  In this regard, Cide District

Chief Tuncay Karataş declared that "our police and Gendarmerie are

being vigilant (!) and they'll catch the fugitive very soon!" (Yıldırım

was captured a few hours later).