In southeast Turkey, an 18-year-old former student attacked a high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, injuring at least 16 people before taking his own life. Armed with a shotgun, he randomly fired at the vocational high school, wounding 10 students, four teachers, a canteen worker, and a police officer. Five of the injured were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital due to serious conditions. The motive for the attack is unknown, and school shootings are rare in Turkey. Police special operations units were deployed, and the attacker was cornered before he shot himself. A comprehensive investigation is underway. Video footage showed students fleeing the school in panic.
QUESTION: How might this incident change the way schools in Turkey approach safety and security measures?
A gunman opens fire at a high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16 before killing himself
