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Fenerbahce player Topal unhurt following attack

Fenerbahce player Topal unhurt following attack

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 file photo, Fenerbahce's Mehmet Topal fights for the ball during a Turkish League soccer derby match against Galatasaray at the TT Arena stadium in Istanbul. Turkish club Fenerbahce says assailants fired shots at midfielder Mehmet Topal while he was driving, but the player escaped the attack unhurt. The club said the player was targeted Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 while driving home from training. The shots hit his bullet-proof windscreen, it said. The assailants escaped and the motive for the attack was not known. (AP Photo, file)

ANKARA: Turkish club Fenerbahce says assailants fired shots at midfielder Mehmet Topal while he was driving, but the player escaped the attack unhurt. The club said the player was targeted Tuesday while driving home from training. The shots hit his bullet-proof windscreen. The assailants escaped and the motive for the attack was not known. In April, shots were fired at Fenerbahce's team bus while traveling to the airport from an away game in the northern city of Trabzon. The driver was hit in the face and hospitalized. Soccer authorities suspended league and cup matches for a week following the incident.