World · Middle East · 16 hrs ago
Woman killed by former husband in Turkey’s Elazığ province
A 56-year-old woman was shot dead outside her home in Denizli village, in Turkey’s Elazığ province.
The suspect was her former husband, whom she had divorced five years earlier.
The woman was a mother of two.
Jandarma officers arrested the suspect at the entrance to the nearby district of Keban after he fled the scene.
The woman’s body was taken to Fırat University Hospital for an autopsy.
Authorities are investigating the killing, and no further details about the case were provided.
A 56-year-old woman was killed by her former husband in Denizli village in Keban district, Elazığ province.
The man allegedly opened fire on her with a pump-action shotgun outside their home.
The woman, identified as Nazmiye Ö., had divorced him five years earlier and was the mother of two children.
Jandarma officers arrested the suspect at the entrance to Keban after he fled the scene.
An investigation is ongoing.
- Who
- Nazmiye Ö., 56, was killed; her former husband, identified as A.P., was arrested.
- What
- A.P. allegedly shot her with a pump-action shotgun outside their home.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Denizli village, in Keban district, Elazığ province, Turkey.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The suspect fled the scene, and health and jandarma teams were sent to the village.
Health workers confirmed that Nazmiye Ö. had died.
Jandarma officers arrested the suspect at the entrance to Keban.
Nazmiye Ö.’s body was taken to Fırat University Hospital’s morgue for an autopsy.
- Victim
- Nazmiye Ö., 56
- Suspect
- A.P., her former husband
- Divorce
- Five years before the killing
- Location
- Denizli village, Keban district, Elazığ province