Lynch Attempt on Trans People in Ankara

A group of 30 people reportedly assaulted on trans sex workers in Ankara’s Iskitler district last night. According to officials from Pembe Hayat LGBTT Solidarity Organization, two trans women are currently being hospitalized. 

The incident took place towards 10 pm local time last night by a crowd of mixed crowd of men and women. The group assaulted trans sex workers with bats and gas sprays. While several women have reportedly been injured, some automobiles belonging to trans people were also damaged. 

The assaulting group arrived in Iskitler by 4 automobiles, Pembe Hayat advocate Ahmet Toköz claimed. Eyewitnesses have also reported license plates to police authorities. License plates have been declared as fake by the police. 

Toköz continued as follows: 

“The passive attitude of police officers towards what’s going is raising fears that similar assaults can continue in the near future.

“Police authorities and judicial system are required to show the maximum efforts on finding culpable individuals and not awarding them with impunity. Otherwise, it will hold the government as the perpetrators of this cruelty. The principle of respect to human rights will also be violated.”

Rumors say that a fraction of aggressors might have been involved in the 2006 Eryaman Incident. (ÇT/BM)

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