Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor Başsavcısı Mustafa Ercan stated that the person had been planning to undertake a suicide attack to the police station and that was wearing a suicide vest.
Li navçeya Yenîşehêrê ya Mersînê kesek hat kuştin ku tê gotin ber bi Midûriyeta Navendî ya Polîsan a 50. Yilê ya li tenişta Midûriyeta Herêmî ya MITê ve diçû.