[MAIL] A man has died in Turkey after he strapped two pillows to his back and asked pals to shoot him with a shotgun so that he could avoid community service. Zafer Kuzu had been sentenced to community service after he was convicted of causing 'wounding' in the north-eastern Turkish city of Erzurum.
The 24-year-old had allegedly asked his friends to hospitalise him to sidestep having to serve the rest of his sentence.
Kuzu and two friends decided to use a shotgun and he reportedly strapped two pillows to his back as protection.
According to local media, one of the victim's friends shot Kuzu at close range and the wayward buckshot seriously injured him.
His friends tried to take him to a nearby hospital, but he died before they left the house.