Gunman opens fire near high school in western Turkiye, wounding eight

Police arrest suspect in shooting near high school as injured are rushed to local hospitals for treatment.Published On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026An armed man has opened fire near a high school in western Turkiye, wounding eight people, including students, authorities said.The injured were rushed to hospitals after the shooting early on Tuesday near a vocational and technical high school in the Turgutlu district in the western Manisa province, the governor’s office said in a statement on X.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Endless grief’: Turkiye mourns victims of second school shooting in a weeklist 2 of 3Philippines school shooting leaves at least three dead, including gunmanlist 3 of 3Canada’s BC sues OpenAI over ChatGPT role in Tumbler Ridge school shootingend of listPolice 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 governor’s 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...