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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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The event took place around 8 a.m. local time (05.00 GMT) at the technical training institute, when a ninth-class student started shooting at other students with a hunting rifle
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An armed attack took place on Tuesday in front of an educational institution in western Turkey, in Manisa, near Izmir, with at least eight wounded, one of whom, among the students, reported the local media, writes AFP.
Shooter opens fire near a high school in Turkey, wounding at least 8
An attacker has opened fire near a high school in western Turkey, wounding at least eight people. The attack happened Tuesday in front of a vocational and technical high school in Turgutlu district, Manisa province. Officials say the suspected shooter…
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