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Gunman Wounds at Least Eight Near High School in Western Turkiye
A student opened fire near a vocational high school in Turgutlu, Manisa province, wounding at least eight people before being arrested, a day after a separate teenager wounded 16 at a school in southeastern Turkiye.
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A gunman opened fire near a vocational and technical high school in the Turgutlu district of Manisa province in western Turkiye on September 22, wounding at least eight people, two of them seriously, authorities said. The suspect, a student at the school, was arrested after attempting to flee on foot.
Investigators said the suspect had taken a shotgun from his grandmother's house before firing randomly near the school grounds. The motive for the attack remains under investigation, and authorities have not released his identity because he is a minor.
The shooting came one day after a separate incident in southeastern Şanlıurfa province, where another teenager opened fire at his former high school, wounding 16 people before taking his own life when confronted by police. The two incidents have renewed concern in Turkiye over school safety and access to firearms.
Key facts
- A gunman opened fire near a high school in Turgutlu, Manisa province, western Turkiye, on September 22, 2026.
- At least eight people were wounded, two of them seriously.
- The suspect, a student at the school, was arrested after trying to flee on foot.
- He had taken a shotgun from his grandmother's house before the attack.
- The incident followed a separate school shooting a day earlier in Şanlıurfa province that wounded 16 people.
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