Two police officers killed in gun attack in Turkey’s south

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Two police officers were killed on Sept. 28 in a gun attack in the Seyhan district of the southern Adana province, marking the second attack targeting police officers in the province in two months.

Two assailants, wearing helmets and masks on a motorbike, opened fire on police officers Süleyman Çakır and Bircan İlhanlı while in front of a private hospital around 8 p.m., with long barreled weapons.

Both police officers, sitting in a police vehicle, were badly wounded as the assailants fled the scene. Çakır succumbed to his injuries at the hospital's intensive care unit while İlhanlı died at a university hospital during an operation.

Meanwhile, Adana Governor Mustafa Büyük said wide scale operations have been conducted in the region to apprehend the assailants.

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(DHA - İNGİLİZCE SERVİSİ)