A Man shouted "traitor" and fired two shots Friday at a prominent Turkish journalist outside a courthouse where the journalist is on trial accused of revealing state secrets.
Can Dundar, editor of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, escaped the attack unhurt, but Yagiz Senkal, a journalist working for private NTV television was slightly injured in the leg.
Dundar, who is charged with divulging state secrets in reports on alleged government arms smuggling to Syria, had just spoken to some journalists who were covering his trial and was heading toward a cafe with his wife when the attack occurred.
Cumhuriyet's Ankara representative, Erdem Gul, who is on trial along with Dundar, told CNN-Turk television that the attacker shouted "traitor" as he fired at Dundar.
The attacker was subdued by people outside the courthouse and quickly detained by police. Video footage showed plainclothes police officers forcing the man to lift his jacket to check that he had no other weapons. He was then seen lying face-down on the ground. Dogan news agency identified the attacker as 40-year-old Murat Sahin.
Last year, Cumhuriyet published what it said were images of Turkish trucks carrying ammunition to Syrian militants. The paper said the images proved that Turkey was smuggling arms to rebels — a claim the government rejects.
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