Former international footballer Volkan Kahraman was killed on Wednesday February 8 by a bullet to the head in the middle of the street. The 43-year-old Austrian succumbed to his injuries after an altercation at a bar in Vienna.
The world of football is in mourning. This Wednesday, February 8, a terrible tragedy affected a former Austrian international: Volkan Kahraman. The latter, who was then 43 years old, was shot in the street with a bullet in the head right in the middle of the city of Vienna. This former professional footballer, who had three selections for the Austrian team, was in a bar when a fight between him and another individual broke out.
According to the information in our possession, the latter is a former associate of a longtime friend of Volkan Kahraman. After the tone rose inside the establishment, the two men decided to go out to come to blows. But in front of Volkan Kahraman, the individual directly drew a weapon to shoot him in the head. He then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
Volkan Kahraman died of a gunshot wound to the head aged 43
While witnesses to the scene took and broadcast photos of the two bodies lying in the street amid a pool of blood, the police immediately took up the case. Volkan Kahraman was a real footballing hope, playing his first professional match at the age of 17. But his career never really took off and he had to scour many clubs, in the Netherlands, Turkey, Austria and even Greece. Retired since 2009, he died at the age of 43.