Shooting outside one high school for Turkey don leave at least 11 people wounded, and police don detain a 15-year-old male suspect. Two of di wounded dey critical condition after one gunman open fire on Tuesday morning before e run.
Di attack happen for Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, wey dey western province of Manisa. Reports talk say all di injured na students. Local authorities say di shooting happen for Turgutlu district around 08:00am local time, wey be 07:00 CET.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek say di suspect im mother, im father and im grandfather also don detain. Di grandfather reportedly own di weapon. Turkish law require di teenager to appear before court before official arrest. But authorities don hold am as suspect.
CCTV footage appear to show di suspect dey waka through empty streets dey check shotgun, wey people fit see clear. He wear casual cloth and e no dey hurry. Later footage show di same suspect, wey reportedly be student for di school, dey run from scene with di weapon still for hand.
Di motive behind di attack no dey clear immediately. For statement, Turkey education ministry say di incident “deeply saddened our nation, and our educational community in particular”. Di ministry say three national investigators from di ministry don go Manisa. Two chief prosecutors also dey appointed to investigate di shooting, including claims say di student suffer bullying for school.
Justice Minister Gürlek post for X say: “When the security of our children is the issue, it is not possible for any negligence, any irresponsibility to be overlooked.” He add say di circumstances under which di child obtain di gun, di condition of di weapon storage, di parents obligation for care and supervision, and allegations of bullying before di incident dey investigated thoroughly and from multiple angles.
Dis na di third school shooting for Turkey dis year. E come as government still dey grapple with how to address di recent spate of violence. Two deadly school shootings for April cause outrage for Turkey and lead to new security measures for di 2026-2027 academic year, including tighter gun controls. Before then, di country no get history of school shootings.
For one attack for Kahramanmaras, a 14-year-old kill nine people, including students and teachers, and wound 13 others. For Sanliurfa province, a former student open fire for high school, wound 16 people mostly students, before he kill himself. Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci say 31,000 school supervisors and police officers on duty dey assigned to schools seen as at risk, as per new measure introduced only on Monday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan respond to di latest shooting by promising even tighter gun controls. He say when you look at similar attacks around di world, especially for United States, one of di perpetrators aims na to terrorise society.
Police tell families to stay away from di area. Footage posted online show a male carrying rifle near di school. Di suspect reportedly take di weapon from im grandparents house. Authorities say investigation still open.
