The suspect, who killed 8 people and seriously injured 1 person with a gun in Afyonkarahisar, was caught in Eskişehir. Eskişehir Governorship announced that the attacker who killed 8 people and seriously injured 1 person with a gun in Afyonkarahisar was caught in Eskişehir.
In the statement made by the governor's office, the following statements were made:
"The perpetrator of the armed attacks in Afyonkarahisar today was caught alive as a result of the joint work of our Provincial Gendarmerie Command and Provincial Police Department teams within the borders of our city."
The detained suspect was brought to Yunus Emre State Hospital for a health check after his procedures at Odunpazarı District Gendarmerie Command.
Meanwhile, gendarmerie teams took extensive security measures at the hospital. After the health check, the suspect was brought back to Odunpazarı District Gendarmerie Command.
THE DRIVER AND HIS FRIEND WHO HAD STOPPED THE VEHICLE TOLD THE INCIDENT
Driver Talha Gökgöz (19), whose vehicle with license plate 26 APL 557 was stopped by the suspect at the Çatoren Dam location on Eskişehir Seyitgazi highway and was seized with a gun, told reporters that he and his friend were on their way to return to their homes in Kırka District of Seyitgazi district after completing their work at the military service in Eskişehir.
Noting that he and his friend took a break near the dam, Gökgöz said:
"Just as we were about to leave, the man came. We stopped by the car, he said he was from MİT. I didn't believe him, he was from MİT. Then he started searching the car. 'Is there any drugs, is there this, is there that?' He talked like this. He took our IDs and asked for our phones. He said, 'Remove the SIM card.' We said, 'SIM cards cannot be removed from the back of our phones.' He had the phones placed on the car. After that, he took the phones and threw them away. He took a gun out of the car. He took out the gun and when he put it in the bullet, I said, "I guess he's going to shoot us here now." We thought we would take the car and leave. After that, he pointed his gun at my friend. "When he pointed the gun at my friend, I took out the keys and told him to get in and leave immediately."
Stating that the suspect took the vehicle and left the area, Gökgöz said, "I immediately went down from the rocks and took the phones from below. I took the phones and called 112. The phone was not receiving signal, so I went up a little higher. I called 112 and reported it. After that, Seyitgazi gendarmerie teams intervened in the incident. They turned the road at the end of that road at the entrance. We met again right there. We went down to the gendarmerie teams this time. The person is Sancar." "He appeared in front of us on the road at the location. After that, we came to the gendarmerie in Seyitgazi." he said.
Stating that they did not have an argument with the suspect, Gökgöz said, "He was already drunk, we saw alcohol bottles etc. inside. I was not aware of the murders or anything. I said he would probably buy the car. I thought his eyes were on the car, he would take the car and leave." he said.
Emphasizing that what they went through was a fearful process, Gökgöz said:
"When he pointed a gun at my friend, I gave him the keys so that nothing would happen to my friend and the incident wouldn't escalate too much. If we didn't, if we resisted, he might have shot my friend. He was already ready. He had pulled the magazine, the bullet was in the gun. I would say 'he did it to intimidate' but he wouldn't have done it to intimidate me. There is nothing on the vehicle. There is no visible damage on the outside. We couldn't look at the interior design because of the mud. It was already sunk here. The car would have gone further if it had gone. It is electric." "If he hadn't stayed here, he would have stayed in the future. When he sunk the car, he continued on foot. They caught him somewhere around here."
"HE POINTED THE GUN AT ME"
19-year-old Kamil Çakmak, who was a passenger in the hijacked vehicle, also noted that the suspect approached them in a black vehicle.
Explaining that questions were asked by the suspect, Çakmak continued as follows:
"He said, 'Is there a gun in your car?' We said, 'There is nothing, you can search it.' We didn't ask for his identity or anything like that. After that he searched for the car. We had our belongings in the back, and he opened our belongings. After that I got out of the car. I thought I'd look towards the man's car. There was an alcohol bottle and a shotgun. 'You know, if you come from MIT, how can you have an alcohol bottle in your car?' I said. When I said that, they said something like 'Don't get involved too much, don't tamper with it if you want'. He pointed the gun at me. When my friend saw this, he immediately gave me the car keys."
