Gunman opens fire at high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16

A erstwhile student injured astatine slightest 16 group Tuesday aft opening occurrence pinch a shotgun wrong a precocious schoolhouse in Turkey earlier turning nan limb connected himself, officials said. 

The 18-year-old who targeted nan vocational precocious schoolhouse in Siverek, located successful southeastern Turkey, took his ain life pinch nan shotgun aft he was "cornered by police," Gov. Hasan Sildak said. 

Video taken astatine nan segment showed students sprinting retired of a building arsenic rule enforcement and first responders arrived. 

The onslaught near 10 students, 4 teachers, a schoolhouse canteen worker and a constabulary serviceman hurt, according to Sildak, who added that 5 of nan teachers and students were transferred to a infirmary successful nan provincial superior because their conditions were much serious.

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An equipped personification walks down a schoolhouse corridor successful Siverek, successful Turkey's Sanliurfa province, connected April 14, 2026, successful a still image obtained from a societal media video. (Reuters)

The motive for nan shooting was unclear. The attacker did not person a criminal record, Sildak said.  

The schoolhouse had been declared safe and nary imperishable constabulary serviceman was assigned to protect it, he added, calling nan shooting an "isolated incident." 

Sildak told NTV that nan attacker started firing indiscriminately, opening successful nan schoolhouse gait earlier entering nan building, Reuters reported.

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Forensic constabulary officers respond aft a teen opened occurrence astatine a schoolhouse and wounded astatine slightest 16 people, including students and teachers, earlier sidesplitting himself successful Siverek, Turkey, connected Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Sukru Dolas/Reuters)

One student told nan state-run Anadolu Agency that he and a friend jumped retired of their schoolroom model to fly nan gunman. 

"He abruptly entered nan schoolroom and fired. He fired 4 aliases 5 times. Two group were hit. He past went into nan adjacent classroom," Anadolu quoted Omer Furkan Sayar arsenic saying. "We first threw ourselves to nan crushed and past 2 of america jumped retired of nan window." 

"He didn't opportunity anything, he entered and started to sprout directly," Sayar added.

Turkish information forces and emergency unit guidelines successful nan courtyard of a precocious schoolhouse wherever a gunman opened occurrence successful Siverek, southeastern Turkey, connected Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Mevlut Bayraktar/IHA/AP)

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"The individual was cornered wrong nan building done police intervention and died aft shooting himself," Sildak told reporters, adding that a "comprehensive" investigation into nan shooting would beryllium carried out. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.