Yüksekdağ had been subjected to police attack as she was trying to get to the neighborhoods in Silvan where curfew is imposed and police launch operation against people. She had evaded a gas capsule about to hit by bowing down her head.
Yüksekdağ, Silvan’da sokağa çıkma yasağı uygulanan ve halka yönelik operasyon yapılan mahallere gitmek isterken polis saldırısına maruz kalmış, başına gaz fişeğinin isabet etmesinden kafasını eğerek kurtulmuştu.