A prominent Turkish journalist who has opposed the current Turkish government, survived an assassination attempt.
Can Dundar, the editor-in-chief of Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, survived an attempt on his life on May 6.
The assailant, identified as 40-year-old Murat Sahin, shouted “traitor” before firing a gun twice at Dundar outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey.
Another journalist’s leg was slightly injured, noted The Independent, but Dunbar survived unscathed.
In the above video, Dunbar’s wife, Dilek Dundar and Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker Muharrem Erkek can be seen attempting to subdue the attacker before plains-clothes police, brandishing guns, arrest Sahin.
Sahin remains in police custody.
Dundar, who has been jailed in the past, was on trial for “revealing state secrets.” After the incident, the prominent journalist was sentenced to five years in prison.
