4 killed by police gunfire in SE Turkey

Four people were killed and two others wounded when fire was opened from an armored police vehicle in the Yuksekova district of Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari on Saturday, Hakkari Governor's Office stated.

The police officers who were in the vehicle during the incident said in their testimony that "they never touched the trigger of the weapon in the vehicle, and the mechanism was activated by itself."

Gunshots were heard in the district around 10:50 am on Saturday and security forces were dispatched to the scene.

Ambulances were called to the area and seven people were taken to Yuksekova State Hospital, Turkish Hurriyet News reported.

Four of the people receiving treatment succumbed to their wounds. Police have cordoned off the area and several people were detained over the incident.