* Photo Credit: Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman /AA
Police intervened in a protest demonstration in Esenler district of İstanbul against attacks in Muş (in eastern Turkey) and Diyarbakır (in southeastern Turkey) provinces. A 15-year-old protester Fırat Elma got shot and lost his life.
The dead body of the teenager was taken to Forensic medicine Institution.
It was claimed that protesters counterattacked against policemen and a conflict broke out.
Four people were detained.
The police have killed 201 people in 8 years
According to the latest report of Baran Tursun Foundation, the police have killed 201 people by shooting from 2007 to August 2015.
Mazlum Kaynak (19), had been accused of stealing and he was detained on August 13 in Sakarya providence of Marmara Region. He allegedly ran away from the Courthouse which he was taken to and then was shot. Kaynak lost his life. (AS/BD)
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