An ex-student armed with a shotgun opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey, indiscriminately shooting down a hallway and wounding 16 people before taking his own life, according to local officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooting happened at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek, a district in Turkey\u2019s southeastern \u015eanl\u0131urfa province near the Syrian border, according to the local governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials said 10 students, 4 teachers, 1 police officer and 1 canteen operator were injured in the attack. In a later update<\/a>, the governor\u2019s office said 7 of the wounded had been discharged, while 9 remained hospitalized in \u015eanl\u0131urfa, including 3 in serious condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The attacker was identified by officials only as \u00d6.K., a former student born in 2007. Authorities said he had attended the school only in the 9th grade before later enrolling in an open education high school program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Officials said the gunman entered the school with a shotgun and opened fire without targeting a specific person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Footage leaked online from bystanders and school surveillance cameras appears to show him walking into the building with the weapon, firing repeatedly down a hallway, reloading and then continuing to shoot, hitting several people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The governor\u2019s office said the attacker died by suicide inside the school with the same weapon while police were moving in to stop him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One injured student told Anadolu that the shooting happened near the end of a break period. He said the gunman entered the classroom without saying anything and began firing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe came into the classroom and pulled the trigger. He started firing 4 or 5 times,\u201d the student said, according to Anadolu<\/a>. \u201cTwo people were shot, then he went to the classroom next door. First we threw ourselves to the ground, then two of us jumped out the window.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A witness outside the school told Anadolu that gunfire began shortly after the attacker entered the campus, leading to panic as people ran from the building before police arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The governor\u2019s office said a criminal investigation was opened by prosecutors in Siverek, along with a separate administrative investigation into the attack and its causes. Officials later said one suspect had been detained, but did not identify that person or describe the alleged role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The attacker\u2019s name, social media accounts and possible motive have circulated widely online since the shooting, but Turkish officials have not confirmed those details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n