11 hurt as student opens fire outside Turkiye school
A teenager opened fire outside their high school in western Turkiye on Tuesday, wounding 11 people before being detained by police, a minister said. The incident happened around 8am (10am PKT) in Turgutlu in the province of Manisa, near the western resort city of Izmir, the regional governor’s office said. School shootings are rare in Turkiye, although there were two attacks in April on…
On Tuesday morning, a teenager opened fire outside their high school in western Turkey, injuring 11 people before being apprehended by police, according to Justice Minister Akin Gurlek. The incident occurred around 8am (10am PKT) in Turgutlu, Manisa province, near the resort city of Izmir. School shootings are uncommon in Turkey, but two attacks in April sparked widespread outrage.
The wounded included multiple students and were treated by police and rescuers as panicked parents gathered at the scene. CCTV footage and media reports showed the alleged attacker wearing black clothing and carrying a rifle. Police led the suspect away as onlookers filmed the incident. Following the attack, authorities launched an investigation into the matter.
The attack occurred five months after two previous school shootings in April, including one that killed a teacher and nine students in Kahramanmaras and another that wounded 16 people before the attacker took his own life in Sanliurfa. In response to the recent events, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed a deputy education minister and pledged to introduce stricter gun control measures, emphasizing school safety as a top priority.
New security measures were implemented for the upcoming academic year, with 31,000 school grounds supervisors deployed and police assigned to high-risk schools for ongoing monitoring.
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