Attacker opens fire near high school in western Turkiye, wounding 11

Police arrest suspect after shooting near high school; injured people rushed to local hospitals for treatment.

Ambulances and police officers waiting in front of a high school outside which a man opened fire in Turgutlu, Turkiye, September 22, 2026 [Handout/Demiroren News Agency via AFP]

An attacker has opened fire near a high school in western Turkiye, wounding at least 11 people, authorities said.

Two of the wounded were in critical condition, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said on Tuesday morning, soon after the attack took place near a vocational and technical high school in the Turgutlu district in the western Manisa province.

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The Haberturk news channel said the assailant was a student at the school.

The suspect was arrested. Their parents and grandfather, who owned the ⁠weapon used in the attack, have also been detained, Gurlek said.

The motive for the attack was not immediately clear, according to Gurlek, who said two chief prosecutors were appointed to investigate the shooting, including claims that the student was bullied at the school.

“When the security of our children is at stake, it is not possible for any negligence or irresponsibility to be overlooked,” Gurlek wrote on X.

“The circumstances under which the child obtained the gun used in the attack, the conditions of the weapon’s storage, the parents’ obligations regarding care and supervision, and allegations of bullying before the incident are being investigated thoroughly and from multiple angles,” he added.

Images and video posted online appeared to show the suspect walking along a street near the school holding a rifle before running back down the same street. Separate footage captured outside the building showed police pushing back families and onlookers gathered near the premises.

Security camera image of an armed man near a school in Turgutlu, west of the resort city of Izmir, Turkiye [Handout/DHA via AFP]

The attack comes months after two deadly school shootings shocked the country in April.

In one incident, 16 people, mostly students, were wounded when a former student opened fire at a high school in the Sanliurfa province before killing himself.

The following day, a 14-year-old killed nine people , including students and teachers, and wounded 13 others in an attack at his school in the Kahramanmaras province before being killed by the police.

Before those events, Turkiye had no history of such school attacks. The April shootings led to widespread outrage and prompted officials to introduce new security measures for the 2026-27 academic year, including tighter gun controls.

警方逮捕了高中附近枪击案的嫌疑人；伤者已被送往当地医院接受治疗。

2026年9月22日，土耳其图尔古特鲁，一名男子在高中外开枪，救护车和警察在学校外等候。[图片来源：Demiroren新闻社，经法新社发布]

当局称，一名袭击者在土耳其西部一所高中附近开枪，造成至少11人受伤。

司法部长阿金·古尔莱克周二上午表示，两名伤者情况危急。袭击事件发生在西部马尼萨省图尔古特鲁区一所职业技术高中附近。

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哈伯图尔克新闻频道称，袭击者是该校的一名学生。

嫌疑人已被逮捕。古尔莱克说，他们的父母和祖父（袭击中使用的武器的所有者）也被拘留。

据古尔莱克称，袭击动机尚不清楚，并表示已任命两名首席检察官调查这起枪击事件，其中包括该学生在学校遭受欺凌的说法。

“当孩子的安全受到威胁时，任何疏忽或不负责任的行为都不能被忽视，”古尔莱克在 X 上写道。

“我们正在从多个角度彻底调查这名儿童获得袭击中所用枪支的情况、武器的存放条件、父母在照管和监管方面的义务，以及事件发生前是否存在欺凌行为。”他补充道。

网上发布的图片和视频显示，嫌疑人手持步枪沿学校附近的一条街道行走，随后沿同一条街道跑回原处。另一些在学校外拍摄的视频显示，警方正在驱散聚集在附近的家长和围观者。

土耳其度假城市伊兹密尔以西的图尔古特鲁，一名持枪男子出现在一所学校附近，监控录像显示了这一幕。[图片来源：DHA via AFP]

此次袭击发生在四月份两起震惊全国的致命校园枪击案发生数月之后。

在其中一起事件中，一名学生在桑利乌尔法省一所高中开枪，造成 16 人受伤，其中大部分是学生，随后该学生自杀身亡。

第二天，一名 14 岁少年在喀拉曼马拉什省的学校发动袭击，杀害了包括学生和教师在内的 9 人，并造成 13 人受伤，随后被警方击毙。

在这些事件发生之前，土耳其从未发生过此类校园袭击事件。四月份的枪击事件引发了广泛的愤怒，并促使官员们为2026-2027学年出台新的安全措施，包括更严格的枪支管制。