A Gunman Opens Fire Near a High School in Turkey, at Least 4 Wounded, Reports Say – WTOP News
- On Tuesday, a gunman opened fire outside the Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Turgutlu, Manisa at 8:00 a.m., wounding eight people, including students, before police detained the suspect.
- This shooting occurred one day after Education Minister Yusuf Tekin and Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci signed security protocols for the 2026-2027 academic year, following deadly April attacks that had prompted tighter gun controls.
- The April incidents included a 14-year-old who killed nine students and a teacher in Kahramanmaras while wounding 13 others, sparking national outrage and government pledges to restrict gun ownership.
- Separately, a former student wounded 16 people at a Sanliurfa high school on Monday before taking his own life, marking the second consecutive day of campus violence in Turkey.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged stricter gun controls and deployed 31,000 school grounds supervisors, stating that perpetrators aim to "terrorise society" in attacks around the world.
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At least eleven people were injured in the gun attack at 8 a.m. this Tuesday. The shooting took place in front of a school in Manisa. The alleged perpetrator of the shooting was arrested shortly afterwards. - Turkey: at least 11 wounded in a new shooting in front of a high school, the suspect arrested (International).
An armed man opened fire near a school in western Turkey. Several people were injured, the suspect was arrested.
Turkey School Shooting: Student Opens Fire Outside Manisa High School, 11 Pupils Wounded
ANKARA: A student opened fire in front of their high school in Turkey's western province of Manisa early on Tuesday, wounding at least 11 other pupils, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said.Two of the wounded were in a critical condition, Gurleksaid. The assailant was caught and the mother, father, and grandfather - who owned the weapon used in the attack -have been detained, the minister added."When the security of our children is the issue, it i…
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