{"id":14535,"date":"2026-04-14T09:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/a-gunman-opens-fire-at-a-high-school-in-turkey-wounding-at-least-16\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:47:23","slug":"a-gunman-opens-fire-at-a-high-school-in-turkey-wounding-at-least-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/a-gunman-opens-fire-at-a-high-school-in-turkey-wounding-at-least-16\/","title":{"rendered":"A gunman opens fire at a high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300838\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/turkey_ambulance_shutterstock-320x200.jpg?v=1776156013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/turkey_ambulance_shutterstock.jpg?v=1776156013\" alt=\"A gunman opens fire at a high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/turkey_ambulance_shutterstock-960x600.jpg?v=1776156013\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A former student opened fire at a high school in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people before killing himself, an official said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>A teacher who was among the wounded was in serious condition, NTV television reported.<\/p>\n<p>The motive remains unclear. School shootings are rare in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Police special operations units were deployed after the assailant refused to surrender, while all staff and students were evacuated, NTV said.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed dozens of students running out of the school toward the gate and onto the street.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1300838\/a-gunman-opens-fire-at-a-high-school-in-turkey-wounding-at-least-16\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Shutterstock] A former student opened fire at a high school in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people before killing 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. 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