19-year-old ex-student injures 16 in Turkey school shooting

A teenager opened fire at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School ​in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on ‌Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, including students and teachers, before killing himself.

Sanliurfa Governor Hasan Sildak ​confirmed the incident, saying the assailant, a 19-year-old former student, ​used a shotgun in the attack in ⁠the Siverek district.

Sildak added that the wounded were taken ​to hospital, with five later transferred to facilities ​in Sanliurfa city centre for further treatment.

The governor also disclosed that the attacker opened ​fire indiscriminately, starting in the school yard ​before entering the building.

He added that the former student killed himself as ‌police ⁠attempted to apprehend him.

Sildak said the attacker had no prior criminal record in Turkey and that the school had previously been classified ​as safe ​by police.

The ⁠governor said 10 of the wounded were students, four were ​teachers, one was a police officer, ​and ⁠another a school canteen employee.

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He wrote on X: “Today, around 09:30, in a gun attack carried out by Ö.K., a 2007-born former student of the school, at Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in our Siverek district, unfortunately, 10 of our students, 4 of our teachers, 1 of our police officers, and 1 citizen who is a cafeteria operator have been injured, making a total of 16 people.

“Following the assessment that the conditions of 5 of our injured are of moderate risk, transfers to hospitals in the provincial center have been carried out.

“The perpetrator, who carried out the attack by firing indiscriminately with a shotgun, committed suicide inside the school using the same weapon.”

The condition of the wounded was not immediately known.

Video footage showed ⁠students ​fleeing the school as ​ambulances and police vehicles arrived at the scene.