Particular safety forces had been deployed to the college within the southeastern province of Sanliurfa, the place college students had been evacuated, the native governor, Hasan Sildak, advised reporters.
Tv footage confirmed ambulances exterior the college within the Siverek district as college students fled in panic.
Sildak recognized the attacker as a former pupil on the college, born in 2007.
“He took his personal life when cornered by police,” the governor mentioned.
“Now we have evacuated the college and can perform a radical investigation into this tragic incident,” he added.
“Regardless of taking all crucial precautions concerning the security of our colleges, such remoted incidents can nonetheless happen. The required investigation might be carried out”.
The governor, who inspected the college, mentioned the attacker “randomly opened hearth within the hall with a pump-action shotgun”.
Based on preliminary findings, 10 college students, 4 lecturers, one police officer, and one cafeteria operator had been injured within the assault, the inside ministry mentioned on X.
“The person who carried out the assault with a shotgun dedicated suicide with the identical weapon following the incident,” the ministry mentioned.
