Overview
- A ninth‑grade student opened fire outside a technical high school in Turgutlu, Manisa, on Tuesday, injuring 11 classmates with a hunting shotgun and leaving two pupils in life‑threatening condition.
- Police detained the suspect hours after the attack and have also taken the boy’s parents and his grandfather into custody after officials said the firearm belonged to the grandfather.
- Investigators are collecting security‑camera footage and witness statements to rebuild the sequence of events and are examining claims that the shooter may have been bullied at school.
- Officials say they will probe how the weapon reached the teenager and whether parents or the grandfather failed in safe storage or supervision under recently reformed rules that allow family detentions.
- The episode has renewed public concern about wide gun circulation in Turkey and the effectiveness of government measures announced after April’s school massacre, including a pledge to hire about 30,000 school security guards.