An armed man has opened fire near a high school in western Turkiye, wounding eight people, including students, authorities said. The injured were rushed to hospitals after the shooting early on Tuesday near a vocational and technical high school in the Turgutlu district in the western Manisa province, the governor’s office said in a statement on X. Police arrested the suspect after he attempted to flee the scene.
The motive for the attack was under investigation, it added. Several images of the suspect were posted online, showing him walking near the school holding a gun. The attack comes months after two school shootings in Turkiye.
In April, 16 people, mostly students, were wounded when a former student opened fire at a high school in the Sanliurfa province. The attacker later killed himself. The following day, a 14-year-old killed nine people, including students and teachers, and wounded 13 others in an attack at his school in the Kahramanmaras province.
The assailant was killed by police.
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