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Gunman Wounds Four Near Turkiye High School; Motive Unknown
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News18•22-09-2026, 12:30
Gunman Wounds Four Near Turkiye High School; Motive Unknown
- •A gunman opened fire near a vocational and technical high school in Turgutlu district, Manisa province, Turkiye.
- •At least four people, mostly students, were wounded in the attack, according to media reports including HaberTurk news channel.
- •The assailant used a shotgun to fire at students arriving at the school.
- •The motive behind the attack is currently unknown.
- •This incident follows two other school shootings in Turkiye this year, including one in April where a student killed nine and wounded 13 in Kahramanmaras, and another in Sanliurfa where a former student wounded 16.
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A gunman opened fire with a shotgun outside a vocational and technical high school in the Turgutlu district of Manisa province, wounding at least four people, mostly students, who were arriving at the school.
Turkiye has been shocked by two previous school shootings earlier in the year. In April, a student opened fire at a school in Kahramanmaras province killing nine people, and a day earlier, 16 people were wounded in a shooting at a high school in Sanliurfa province.
In the April school shooting in Kahramanmaras, a 14-year-old student killed nine students and teachers and wounded 13 others before being killed by police. In Sanliurfa province, 16 people were wounded when a former student opened fire before killing himself.
