Diyarbak?r Bar head, two Turkish policemen killed in gun attack

Tahir Elçi, a human rights activist and the head of the Bar Association in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, was killed in a gun attack following a press statement on Nov. 28, while two policemen were also killed during a clash just meters away. 

Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in a press meeting that attackers shot at security forces from a taxi after the press meeting, killing one policeman.

One policeman was heavily wounded in the attack, while Elçi, who was at the scene, was killed during the clash, Ala said. 

Cengiz Erdur, the wounded policemen, later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

Four inspectors were appointed to shed light the incident, Ala said. 

An initial forensic report said Elçi was killed by a single bullet to the back of his neck fired from long range.

A crowd gathered in front of the hospital, where his body was taken in central Diyarbak?r. Elçi, who was married with two children, will be laid to rest in Diyarbak?r on Nov. 29.

Ahmet Çiftaslan, the other policeman to die in the incident, will be laid to rest in Kahramanmara? the same day.

A curfew was imposed in Diyarbak?r's historical Sur district, where the attack occurred. 
 
"This incident shows how righteous Turkey is in its determination in struggle against terrorism," President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said in a speech during a visit to the northwestern province of Bal?kesir, vowing to continue the struggle until the end. 

The Diyarbak?r Bar said in a tweet that it was an assassination. 

Elçi and accompanying lawyers has just finished issuing a press statement to condemn special forces teams for damaging the base of Diyarbak?r's famous Four-Legged Minaret when gun shots rang out.