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Student gunman opens fire injuring at least eight in Turkish school shooting

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Amalaraj, P. (2026, September 22). Student gunman opens fire injuring at least eight in Turkish school shooting. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16150455/Student-gunman-school-shooting-Turkey.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-22 · by Perkin Amalaraj

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A student opened fire near Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Manisa, Turkey, on Tuesday morning, injuring at least eight people including other students; two of the wounded are critically ill. The shooter was later apprehended by security forces. This incident follows similar school shootings in April that left 14 dead and 29 injured nationwide, prompting new security measures for schools in Turkey.
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On Tuesday morning around 8 AM local time, a gunman opened fire near Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Turgutlu district of Manisa province, Turkey, injuring at least 11 people. CCTV footage showed the suspect, believed to be a 15-year-old student, wearing black jeans, a black jacket, and a green top, carrying what appeared to be a rifle. Police quickly apprehended him after he fled from the scene; his parents and grandfather were also detained for questioning. Two of the injured were in critical condition. The motive behind the attack remains unclear but is being investigated, with reports suggesting it may involve bullying at the school.

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Daily Mail Manisa Turgutlu Turkey Turkish

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Turkey GPE · 2× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Hasan Sildak PERSON · 1× Manisa GPE · 1× Onikişubat GPE · 1× Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province GPE · 1× Turgutlu GPE · 1× Turkish PERSON · 1× Ömer Ket PERSON · 1× İsa Aras Mersinli PERSON · 1×

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Footage posted online showed a young figure walking on a street near the school with a rifle in his hands He appeared to be initially walking away from the school, looking over his shoulder every few seconds, before turning around and running towards the building 'A judicial and administrative investigation into the incident has been initiated, and developments will be shared with the public separately.'
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🔮 Footage posted online showed a young figure walking on a street near the school with a rifle in his hands He appeared to be initially walking away from the school, looking over his shoulder every few seconds, before turning around and running towards the building 'A judicial and administrative investigation into the incident has been initiated, and developments will be shared with the public separately.'

Claims (25 extracted, 1 hedged)

- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A student opened fire in front of their high school in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, wounding at least eight people including other pupils. asserted
student → see → pupils
Two of the wounded were in a critical condition, local media reported. asserted
media → wound → condition
Footage posted online showed a young figure walking on a street near the school with a rifle in his hands. asserted
figure → post → hands
He appeared to be initially walking away from the school, looking over his shoulder every few seconds, before turning around and running towards the building. asserted
He → appear → building
Ambulances were later seen at the school. asserted
Ambulances → see → school
The assailant has since been caught, the governor's office said. asserted
office → catch → ?
'A report was received regarding gunfire in the vicinity of the Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in our Turgutlu district at 07:59 [4.59am UK time],' the office wrote on X. It added: 'Upon the report, a large number of police and medical teams were dispatched to the scene. asserted
number → receive → scene
According to initial findings related to the incident, it has been learned that 8 people were affected. uncertain
people → accord → incident
The injured have been transported to the nearest medical facility. asserted
injured → injure → facility
Following the incident, the suspect individual believed to have fired the weapon asserted
individual → follow → weapon
Footage posted online showed a young figure walking on a street near the school with a rifle in his hands He appeared to be initially walking away from the school, looking over his shoulder every few seconds, before turning around and running towards the building 'A judicial and administrative investigation into the incident has been initiated, and developments will be shared with the public separately.' asserted
developments → post → public
Two deadly school shootings in April caused outrage in Turkey and prompted officials to implement new security measures for the 2026-2027 academic year, including tighter gun controls. asserted
shootings → cause → controls
Before then, the country had not had a history of such attacks. asserted
country → have → attacks
The back-to-back shootings saw a total of 14 people killed, including the perpetrators of both attacks. asserted
total → see → attacks
A total of 29 people were injured in both attacks. asserted
total → injure → attacks
The first of the April shootings was at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, where 16 people were hurt before the shooter, 19-year-old Ömer Ket, took his own life. asserted
shooter → hurt → life
Governor Hasan Sildak said the shooter was a former student of the school and entered the school grounds before he began firing randomly. asserted
he → say → grounds
The assailant had attended the school for one year in the ninth grade, the governor added. asserted
governor → attend → grade
He also confirmed that the attacker had no prior criminal record and that the school had previously been classified as safe by police. asserted
school → confirm → police
Just over 24 hours later, 13-year-old İsa Aras Mersinli killed 12 people and injured 13 more at the Ayser Çalık Secondary School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş Province. asserted
Mersinli → kill → Province
Ambulances were later seen at the school At least eight people have so far been injured by the attack The teenager died after taking a fatal knife injury while trying to flee the scene. asserted
teenager → see → scene
Eyewitnesses told local media that parents also rushed to the school, where they were seen embracing their children before running in panic. asserted
they → tell → panic
Some also said that intense gunfire was heard during the incident. asserted
gunfire → say → incident
Following the initial reports of the shooting, emergency medical teams and ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene. asserted
teams → follow → scene
That same day, shots were fired in front of a school in Gaziantep, though no one was killed or injured in that incident. asserted
one → fire → incident
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