A man shoots and kills his uncle at a school in southern Turkey
Police said the shooter killed his uncle and wounded 10 others before being detained, raising fresh concerns over school security.
- A 41-year-old man shot and killed his uncle, Mehmet Bilgili, a Turkish language and literature teacher, in the yard of Farabi Anatolian High School in Cardak, Osmaniye, on Monday; officials said the suspect used an unlicensed handgun and was detained.
- The shooting followed a 15-year-old student wounding 11 classmates last week at a school in Turgutlu, Manisa province, and two April incidents that killed nine people, prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pledge tighter gun-ownership regulations.
- Provincial Gov. Mehmet Fatih Serdengecti said the suspect had undergone psychiatric treatment "for many years" and had fallen out with his uncle; Bilgili was taken to hospital but died shortly afterward.
- Adem Yucel, head of the Osmaniye branch of teachers union Egitim-Is, questioned how an armed man accessed school grounds, stating, "We want schools where our children go to school without fear." Security at educational facilities was increased at the start of this academic year.
- According to the Hope Foundation, which lobbies for greater gun control, more than 26,000 people have been killed in armed incidents since 2014. Officials face ongoing pressure to prevent future school attacks and ensure safe learning environments.
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At the beginning of the new school year, security measures in schools were tightened in Turkey. Now there was another attack on a teacher, the alleged shooter is a relative.
A.E.B. (30), who is alleged to be a schizophrenic patient in Osmaniye, shot and killed his uncle Mehmet Bilgili, a literature teacher who raised him, with a gun during an argument in the schoolyard where he worked. The suspect was taken into custody.
Teacher M.B. In the garden of Farabi Anatolian High School located in Çardak Village in the Central District of Osmaniye He was attacked with a gun. The teacher was reported to be in grave condition. It was learned that the attacker was the teacher's private.
Tragedy struck a school in southern Turkey when a 41-year-old man shot and killed his uncle, who worked as a teacher.
The suspect shot Bilgili with an illegal gun after an argument, Cumhuriyet newspaper and other media reported, before his arrest.
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