Student gunm@n opens fire near Turkish high school, injures at least eight

Police arrested the suspect after he attempted to flee the scene.

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, the governors office said. The motive for the attack was under investigation, it added.

After the incident, the suspect believed to have fired the weapon was caught by security forces and taken into custody, the statement read.

The attack comes months after two school shootings in Turkiye. In April, 16 people, mostly students, were wounded when a former student opened fire at a high school in the Sanliurfa province.

The attacker later k!lled himself. The following day, a 14-year-old k!lled nine people, including students and teachers, and wounded 13 others in an attack at his school in the Kahramanmaras province.

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