Crime & Justice
Gunman wounds at least eight in shooting near high school in western Turkey
September 22, 2026 at 09:59 AM · Updated 24d ago
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4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 6 hours
A gunman opened fire outside a vocational high school in western Turkey's Manisa province on Tuesday, wounding at least eight people, two critically.
- Police arrested the 15-year-old suspect after he attempted to flee the scene.
- Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said the suspect's mother, father and grandfather were also detained.
- Turkey's education ministry said it had sent three investigators to Manisa following the shooting.
- The shooting was the third school attack in Turkey this year, after two April incidents killed at least nine people.
- Police arrested the gunman after reviewing surveillance footage of him firing randomly outside the school.
- Authorities opened an administrative and judicial investigation and tightened security measures at the school.
- The shooting sparked panic and a confrontation between anxious parents and security forces at the scene.
- Authorities updated the casualty count to 11 wounded, all reportedly students, with two still in critical condition.



