Doctor shoots himself dead while checking to see why his gun wasn’t working during celebratory gunfire at Turkish wedding By SARA MALM
A doctor has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while checking a misfiring gun at a wedding in Turkey.
Hasan Akdemir, 39, had been using a handgun to fire off celebratory shots in the air during the ceremony near the central Turkish city of Konya.
However, the weapon did not fire properly, and Dr Akdemir stopped to check why the gun was not working.
Tragedy: Dr Hasan Akdemir, a 39-year-old GP, had been using a handgun to fire celebratory shots at a wedding, and ended up shooting himself in the head when he checked the weapon
The gun went off in his hand and Dr Akdemir, a GP, ended up shooting himself in the head.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident amidst early reports that the gun misfired.
Eyewitnesses say Dr Akdemir pulled the gun from his belt and started firing shots into the air during the wedding in the town of Kozagac on the edge of the city.
The incident took place at a wedding ceremony near the central Turkish city of Konya
When it did not fire properly, he held it up to check it, which is when witnesses say he ended up shooting himself in the head.
An ambulance was called to rush him to the Atasehir State Hospital, but despite doctors’ best efforts, he could not be saved.
Konya is Turkey’s seventh biggest city in Turkey with a thriving economy that has seen it ranked among the country’s ‘boomer cities’.
____________________________________At least one too many booms it seems to me! Grumpy