“On 3 December 2003 the security forces raided an apartment in Diyarbakır, after having received an anonymous telephone tip-off concerning the presence of terrorists there. A team of 42 police officers surrounded the apartment, surmising that the occupants were preparing a bomb attack. An exchange of fire with the security forces resulted in the deaths of Ms Altın’s and Mr Kılıç’s brothers (Hüseyin Altın and İbrahim Kılıç), who had been in the apartment.
3 Aralık 2003’te güvenlik güçleri Diyarbakır’daki bir apartmana baskın düzenledi. Polisler binanın etrafını sardı, çatışma çıktı. Apartmanda bulunan Altın ile Kılıç çatışmada hayatını kaybetti.