ANKARA, Turkey — In a stomach-churning scene straight out of a nightmare, a deranged father dangled his terrified 3-year-old daughter out a high-rise window while brandishing a knife, until Turkish special forces took him out in a split-second rescue.
Shocking video circulating online shows the monster clutching the tiny girl by her clothes and holding her over the edge of a balcony in the Etimesgut district’s Piyade Mahallesi on Saturday. Passersby screamed in horror as he threatened to harm the child during a blowout domestic fight with his wife.
Cops, firefighters, and medics swarmed the scene after frantic calls. With the little girl’s life hanging in the balance, elite officers moved in fast.
BANG. They shot and neutralized the suspect, identified as M.D., ending the sick standoff. The girl was pulled to safety unharmed, but the trauma will haunt her forever.
“He was supposed to protect his own flesh and blood,” one outraged witness fumed online. “Instead, this coward used her as a human shield. Thank God for the police.”Turkish media reported the father had been arguing with his spouse before snapping and grabbing the toddler. He reportedly held her at knifepoint and dangled her from the window, screaming threats while a crowd gathered below in panic.
Some accounts say the gunman was rushed to a hospital after being shot. Others described it as a clean neutralization, the only way to stop an imminent tragedy.
