Screenshot from the video showing the moment of the attack / Source: X
The attack was lightning-fast and extremely violent: Dmytro Chaban, a 37-year-old Ukrainian from Odessa, was driving his car in Turkey when targeted by bandits.
In Turkey, the robbers smashed the window of his vehicle, shot at him and grabbed a bag containing 35,000 euros before fleeing on a scooter. Shocked, he chased them and hit them with the car. The two men were killed on the spot.
The Turkish court recognized that Çaban was the victim of an armed attack, but found him guilty. He was initially sentenced to life in prison, but the sentence was reduced to 25 years after the judge recognized the mitigating factor of “wrongful provocation”.
A man from Odesa gets 25 years in Turkey — for running over the robbers who attacked him
A Turkish court has handed a harsh sentence to Odesa resident Dmytro Chaban. He received 25 years in prison for running over two attackers who had assaulted him.
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In the same case, the court also sentenced Yunus Emre, who allegedly acted as a cooler during the November 2023 robbery, to 10 years in prison.