Assassination of Deryan Aktert
Assassination of Deryan Aktert | |
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Location | 27 Mayıs neighbourhood, Hani district road, UTC+3) |
Target | Deryan Aktert |
Attack type | Assassination |
Deaths | Deryan Aktert |
Perpetrators | People's Defence Forces |
Deryan Aktert, chairman of Dicle district for the Justice and Development Party (AKP), was shot by a group of seven or eight people at a gas station owned by him in Dicle on 10 October 2016, around 22:35 TSİ.
Background
Following a collapse of a
Deryan Aktert
Deryan Aktert, who was elected as the chairman of Dicle district on 17 November 2014 was a main target of threats and assaults, as he was often threatened by Kurdish militants. Two assassination attempts were made against him, the last one being a shooting incident in 2015 in his workplace, which failed.[3]
Assassination
On 10 October, around 22:35 TSİ, Aktert was shot with long-barreled weapons by a group of seven or eight people at a gas station owned by him in Dicle.[4] He was heavily injured as a result of the gunshots and was rushed to the Dicle State Hospital, where he died.[3][5][6] The perpetrators escaped the crime scene with a car they stole. An operation was later launched in the region to arrest the assassins.[7] People's Defence Forces (HPG), armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the assassination, as well as murder of a village guard named Ahmet Adıyaman.[6]
References
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Kurdish militants claim killing of Turkish ruling party official". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "AKP'li siyasetçilere yönelik PKK tehdidi artıyor | DW | 23.10.2016". DW.COM (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ a b Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "AKP Dicle İlçe Başkanı hayatını kaybetti | DW | 11.10.2016". DW.COM (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ^ "Deryan Aktert öldürüldü". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ^ DHA (24 January 2018). "Ak Parti Dicle ilçe başkanına suikast davası başladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ^ a b "HPG Claims Responsibility For AKP Politician Aktert's Murder". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ^ "AKP Dicle İlçe Başkanı Aktert Öldürüldü". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2020-11-13.