JINHA

AMED - 14-year-old Berfin Ökten, who was shot by a Turkish state sniper in the Kurdish town of Silopi, is fighting for her life in hospital.

On August 31, Berfin Ökten was sleeping on the roof to escape the summer heat with her mother. Recently, police had assassinated three young men in their town of Silopi. Tensions were high in the town and state forces had posted snipers on roofs throughout the town. That night, one of those snipers shot Berfin and her mother.

Berfin lost her mother in the attack and was rushed to the hospital with a bullet wound to her shoulder. Berfin is currently in the ICU in the Dicle University Hospital in the Kurdish city of Diyarbakır. Doctors report that Berfin's condition has stabilized, but that she is still in danger of losing her life.

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