Policeman wounded in July 15 bombing succumbs to injuries

By Fatih Cakmak

ANKARA

A senior police officer wounded in an air strike during the July 15 attempted coup succumbed to his injuries Sunday, a hospital source said.

Chief Superintendent Bulent Yurtseven was injured when a police special operations center to the south of Ankara was bombed, killing 42 police officers.

Yurtseven, 48, had been treated at Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Hospital, the source said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

More than 230 people were martyred and nearly 2,200 people injured in the coup attempt, which the Turkish government has said was carried out by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization led by U.S.-based preacher Fetullah Gulen.

Reporting by Fatih Cakmak, Writing by Diyar Guldogan