An ex-student of a high school in Turkey’s southeast opened fire at the institution, wounding at least 16 people before he killed himself, an official said.
The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly at a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, before hiding inside the building. He later killed himself with the same shotgun, Gov Hasan Sildak said.
The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a canteen employee, and a police officer wounded, Sildak said.
While most of the injured were being treated in Siverek, five of the wounded teachers and students were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital because their conditions were more serious, the governor said.
The motive for the attack is not known yet. School shootings are rare in Turkey.
Earlier, media reports said all students were evacuated, and police special operations units were deployed after the assailant refused to surrender.
“The individual was cornered inside the building through police intervention and died after shooting himself," Sildak told reporters, adding that a “comprehensive” investigation into the shooting would be carried out.
Video footage showed dozens of students running out of the school toward the gate and onto the street.
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