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Turkish Journalist Kazım Şen, owner of the usak.tv news site, was shot at in front of his house in Uşak (interior of western Turkey). He was injured at his foot. The alleged attacker was arrested and the weapon seized, reports BIA, citing Milliyet.
As reported by the Uşak Denge newspaper,Tekin Uğur, 23, was waiting for Uşak in front of his home when he arrived by car together with his wife Semra Şen. He shot Şen into his legs three times. Uğur was arrested shortly after; he was still carrying the unlicensed weapon. He admitted the offence in his first statement.
Four people were taken into custody upon Şen’s statement, among them the former provincial chair of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). They were released when Uğur was arrested.
After the incident, Şen said, “We, as journalists, fulfil our duty and make news about incidents of unsolved shootings. I do not know my attacker; it is not important who did this but who made him do this. We will continue writing the truth even if they shoot a bullet into our brains.”