Vehicles driven by soldiers and police officers continue to cause deaths. In Batman’s Korik neighborhood, a soldier of unknown rank was teaching a friend of his how to drive with his private vehicle when he hit 5-year-old Burak Ilhan. The boy lost his life on the spot while an investigation has been launched regarding the matter.

Just yesterday, an armored vehicle had crashed into a car on the exit road from the Provincial Gendarmerie Command. Three soldiers and two civilians were wounded in the crash, with two of the wounded in critical condition.

There have been 18 incidents with armored vehicles in the region since the State of Emergency to date. At least 30 people have lost their lives in road accidents or gunfire from armored vehicles, while 39 others have been wounded. Just in Diyarbakır alone, 21 people have lost their lives in road accidents or gunfire from armored vehicles in the last year.