Shotgun attack in Erdemli: 2 dead, 5 wounded

Mehmet Fatih Güneş (30) entered the crowd of people walking on the sidewalk in Erdemli with a shotgun and opened indiscriminate fire. According to DHA's report and the allegation, the incident occurred at around 21:00 the previous night on the D-400 highway in the Merkez neighborhood of Mersin's Erdemli district. In the fire opened by Güneş, who is alleged to have psychological problems, Syrian national Anna Barakat (41), Hasan Sevindik (56), Gülsüm Gizem Samırkaş (38), her husband Mustafa Can Samırkaş (42) and Reşat Köroğlu (36), who were struck by pellets, collapsed to the ground in pools of blood.

Barakat died at the scene. The suspect then attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head with the same weapon. Medical and police teams dispatched to the scene after bystanders raised the alarm determined in their checks that Barakat had lost her life. Five wounded, including the suspect who attempted suicide, were taken by ambulance to Erdemli State Hospital and placed under treatment. Barakat's body was taken to the morgue for autopsy.

Meanwhile, it emerged that Anna Barakat and Hasan Sevindik had held their wedding one month ago and that their procedures at the Directorate of Migration Management for an official marriage were still ongoing. It was stated that the attacker Mehmet Fatih Güneş's life-threatening condition continues.

The death toll rose to 2: Hasan Sevindik, of the couple who held their wedding a month ago, could not be saved at the hospital where he was being treated. Sevindik's body was taken to the morgue for autopsy.