US EditionA gunman opens fire at a high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16
Authorities said the attacker killed himself after police cornered him, and five wounded teachers and students were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital.
- An ex-student opened fire at his former high school in Sanliurfa province, Turkey on April 14, injuring 16 people including students.
- Special security forces were deployed, and students were evacuated from the school in the Siverek district according to the local governor, Hasan Sildak.
- The attacker, born in 2007, took his own life when cornered by police, the governor stated.
- Authorities plan to conduct a thorough investigation following the incident.
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ANKARA, Turkey.– A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday and injured at least 16 people before committing suicide. The 18-year-old gun-armed attacker shot randomly inside a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, reported local authorities. Later, he killed himself with the same shotgun after being “barred by the police,” Governor Hasan Sildak said. The attack left 10 students, four teachers…
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