Deranged private kills three soldiers on duty: Governor

A soldier, apparently suffering from a mental illness, opened fire on three soldiers, who were on guard duty with him at the same sentry post near the town of Doğubeyazıt, in the eastern province of Ağrı, said the governor’s office.

The enlisted soldier killed the three soldiers with his infantry rifle when having a mental breakdown at around 11 pm,  while he was on duty mission at the Martry Fehmi Altınordu Border Division Command, a part of the Gökay Battalion Command, said the governor’s office in its statement.

The statement has identified the slain soldiers as a specialist sergeant, a sergeant and an enlisted soldier.

The chief public prosecutor’s office in Doğubeyazıt has launched an inquiry into the killing rampage.