ISTANBUL – An attacker opened fire at a high school on April 14 in south-eastern Turkey, leaving at least seven people including students wounded, local media reported.
Special security forces, who have been deployed to the school in the Siverek district of Sanliurfa province, evacuated the students, while efforts to convince the attacker to surrender were under way, private broadcaster NTV reported.
Television footage showed ambulances standing by outside the school as students fled the building.
The assailant, who used a hunting rifle, was a student, according to NTV.
School shootings are rare in Turkey. AFP
