The moment Ethem Sarısülük was shot during protests!!!

In the investigation regarding Ethem Sarısülük, an OSTİM worker who was shot in the head during the first days of the resistance in Kizilay, the legal expert stated that he was directly targeted and shot. Public prosecutor asked for the name of the policeman, who fired the gun, and the videos of the incidence. However, no response has been given by the police so far.

A metal object was detected in OSTIM worker Ethem Sarısülük’s head, which could not be a plastic bullet or a gas bomb shell.

Doctors stated that there will be a high risk of death if Sarısülük, who was taken to hospital by his friends, is operated; and therefore they decided to keep him in intensive care. Lawyer of Sarısülük, whose brain death was claimed to have taken place in social media, indicated that this was incorrect.

“Brain-death news is ungrounded”

Bayraktar stated that brain death news relatead to Ethem Sarısülük, whose medical treatment is continuing in Ankara Numune Hospital, is false. Bayraktar said, “My client has not undergone brain death. His is still in a very critical state. Misinformation is upsetting his family. The media has to pay attention to the issue.”

Public prosecutor Veli Dalgalı, who is carrying out the investigation, performed a site survey on the scene of incidence. Three witnesses of the incidence and Ethem’s lawyer Bayraktar also were present in the survey. Prosecutor and the board of surveyors wrote down minutes of the site survey following the investigation, which took 4 hours,

“Shot after being targeted at”

Kemal Göktaş from Vatan News told that a witness, who was a retired soldier, stated he saw “a police officer in riot police uniform shot his gun while Sarısülük was in the crowd” according to the minutes of the site survey. The retired soldier said he witnessed that “the same police officer fired his gun a few times, and Sarısülük fell on the ground.”

Public prosecutor asked if there was a possibility of a bullet bouncing back to Sarısülük. Surveyors gave a negative response to the question. Prosecutor’s office asked for a detailed report from the board of surveyors and the videos and the name of the police officer from the Police Department. However, the Police Department has not replied yet after 6 days.

“Riot Police shot with a gun”

Kızılçay, a witness of the incident, stated that he witnessed Sarısülük being shot in the street between Güven Park and YKM. Kızılçay said “I saw this guy was shot by the riot police. When he fell down, I had someone call 112 (telephone number for ambulance). There was an ambulance passing by, we stopped it and took the wounded to the hospital.”

A single police officer is responsible for the shootings

In his statement, lawyer Bayraktar explained that when Prosecutor’s office combined the videos, it was seen that a single police officer left the group he was in, put his shield on the ground, walked toward the demonstrators, first kicked one person, shot his gun in the air and then at the demonstrators. Bayraktar stated that witnesses confirmed how Ethem was shot by the police and added, “Police chiefs in charge are now committing a crime by protecting crime and the criminal as they are not declaring the name of responsible police officer.”

Excerpt from Facebook

10.6.2013

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