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Suspect in Afyonkarahisar killings arrested in Eskişehir
Turkish authorities arrested a suspect in Eskişehir after shootings in Afyonkarahisar.
The suspect is accused of killing eight people and seriously injuring one.
During the escape, he stopped two 19-year-old men near the Çatören Dam area and claimed to work for Turkey’s intelligence service, according to the men.
They said he searched their car, took their phones and pointed a gun at one of them.
The driver handed over the car keys because he feared his friend would be shot.
He then called emergency services, and security forces later arrested the suspect alive in Eskişehir.
The suspect was taken for medical checks and police procedures, according to the account.
A suspect who killed eight people and seriously wounded one in Afyonkarahisar was arrested alive in Eskişehir.
The arrest followed a joint operation by provincial gendarmerie and police teams.
The suspect was taken for medical checks after being held at a district gendarmerie command.
Before his arrest, he allegedly took a car at gunpoint from two 19-year-old men on a road near Çatören Dam.
The driver said the suspect claimed to be from Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization.
- Who
- An unnamed suspect was arrested; authorities said he was responsible for the shootings.
- What
- He was arrested alive after killing eight people and seriously injuring one in Afyonkarahisar.
- When
- November 6, 2026; the report says the shootings happened that day.
- Where
- He was arrested in Eskişehir after shootings in Afyonkarahisar.
- Why
- Not stated
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The suspect carried out shootings in Afyonkarahisar, killing eight people and seriously injuring one.
The suspect allegedly stopped and took a car at gunpoint near Çatören Dam in Eskişehir province.
The driver called emergency services and reported the incident.
Gendarmerie and police teams captured the suspect alive in Eskişehir.
- Deaths
- 8 people
- Seriously injured
- 1 person
- Arrest location
- Eskişehir
- Car taken
- Registration 26 APL 557
- Driver and passenger
- Talha Gökgöz and Kamil Çakmak, both 19
What people are saying
The perpetrator who carried out armed attacks in Afyonkarahisar today was captured alive within our provincial borders through the joint work of our Provincial Gendarmerie Command and Provincial Police Department teams.
Just as we were about to leave, the man came over. We stopped the car, and he said he was from the National Intelligence Organization.
He pointed the gun at me.