Arif Sefa Özdemir, 30, was arrested on Thursday night, 5 November, by police and gendarmerie in western Turkey. Earlier that day, gunfire in Afyonkarahisar province had killed eight people and left one seriously injured. According to the Anadolu news agency, authorities found three victims near the village of Ayazini and three more near Kıyır. Two women who were wounded in Yukarıtandır later died in hospital. The Eskişehir governor’s office confirmed that the suspect was taken alive. Demirören identified Özdemir as the suspect and reported that two gendarmes were lightly injured when he opened fire in the Seyitgazi district. The Afyonkarahisar prosecutor’s office is investigating the shootings.
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