Mavi Marmara victim passes away 4 years after Israeli attack
by Daily Sabah
May 23, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
May 23, 2014 12:00 am
ANKARA — Uğur Süleyman Söylemez, who was wounded by an Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara ship and was left in a coma for four years, has passed away at 51 years of age. Söylemez, who was heavily injured by Israeli soldiers, had been in a coma since the incident.
The Mavi Marmara was on its way to bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza in May 2010, when Israeli soldiers raided the ship leaving 9 dead and 30 wounded. The death toll has now reached 10 after Söylemez died in an hospital where he was receiving treatment.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan visited Söylemez on August 2, 2010 after the incident took place.
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