Turkey condemns West Bank ‘murder’ of US-Turkish citizen

Turkey on Friday condemned the “murder” in the occupied West Bank of a pro-Palestinian US activist, who also had Turkish citizenship, saying she had been killed by “Israeli occupation soldiers,” Agence France-Presse reported.

The foreign ministry said in a statement that it had learned “with great sorrow that our citizen named Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in the city of Nablus”, adding that it condemned the “murder.”

The United States said Friday it was “urgently” seeking information on the death of Eygi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where a Palestinian official said she was shot in the head.

“We offer our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. We are urgently gathering more information about the circumstances of her death and will have more to say as we learn more,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.

He called Eygi’s death “tragic,” without immediately assigning responsibility.