ANKARA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Three policemen were shot dead and three others wounded by an assailant with mental problems late Sunday in southeastern Turkey, Dogan news agency reported Monday.
The shooting, which happened at a bus station in the southeastern Turkish city of Sanliurfa, was not a terror attack, Dogan said, quoting Sanliurfa Governor Gungor Tuna.
The 17-year-old shooter was travelling with his family and had taken his father's gun, Tuna was quoted as telling the media.
The youth opened fire on three police officers as they asked people at the bus station for their identification papers and then fled before opening fire on another group of police. Three of the police officers later died in hospital.
