Convict sets self afire in Istanbul prison
ISTANBUL
A number of firefighters and police units were immediately dispatched to the prison in the afternoon hours upon a fire warning.
The convict identified as Burak Eroğlu broke out a fire, the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office later announced.
Eroğlu had been sentenced to nine years in jail on charges of robbery, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
It also added that Eroğlu’s treatment was ongoing in hospital.