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.
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