A group of people in Konya province, in central Turkey, beat a person who was allegedly a Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) member. Beaten person was a first lieutenant in Konya 3rd Main Jet Base Command.
According to the news of Salih Köprülü from Yeni Meram website, a person was exposed to a lynch attempt on August 20 at midnight.
First lieutenant was asking for an address and he was verbally attacked.
A group of perpetrators shouted “He is a PKK member!” and the crowd gathered. People didn’t believe that he was a first lieutenant even though he showed his military card. First Lieutenant was hit in the stomach and face until a police team came and saved him.
First Lieutenant’s nose got broken and he was taken to a hospital.
Polis detained two perpetrators.
Yeni Meram website claimed that the perpetrators were drunk. (EKN/BD)
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