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Deniz Naki Says He Survived Suspected Murder Attempt; Shots Fired at His Car

Amed SK footballer Denis Naki has said he survived an attempt on his life while driving in Germany on Sunday night.

Naki, who has been a well-known critic of the Turkish government in the past, said he was driving near Duren when bullets were fired at his vehicle from a different car.

"I immediately ducked and then rolled right to the hard shoulder," he told Die Welt (h/t BBC) "…One bullet struck a window, in the middle of my car, the other one hit near a tyre."

As noted by BBC, in April a judge issued Naki with a suspended 18-month jail sentence for "spreading terrorist propaganda" for the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK.