The suspect who drew a gun on demonstrators protesting closing of DTP in Beyoğlu, Istanbul claimed that he was paid money and said, ‘They said, go, fire’ And I fired the blank gun’.
According to the news in Daily Vatan, T.G., is one of the three people detained for drawing guns to those who threw molotov cocktails at houses, work sites and cars while protesting the closing of the DTP during weekend, and said interesting things to the reporters before he was detained.
Stating that he was earning his life by scavenging, T.G. claimed that he was paid 500 TL to fire on the demonstrators.
"Give me the same money they gave me, and I will take any man you like hostage” said T.G. to reporters.
The suspect carried on his words, saying, “I care for my earnings. I don’t care about tensions, it is none of my business... They gave me money and said ‘go, fire’... And I went and fired the blank gun’.
One of the dwellers in the region claimed that a person who arrived in the region after the events in a mysterious black SUV gave money to some people who were involved in the actions.
The guns are of the same brand
Following the photographs in printed media, 3 people, one of whom was T.G., were detained.
They were later released.
On the other hand, it is claimed that the brand of the gun in the hands of suspects are all of the same brand.
(ntvmsnbc.com, 15 December 2009)