ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least 16 people were injured after a student carried out an armed attack at a school in the Kurdish province of Sanliurfa (Riha) in southeast Turkey. The assailant later committed suicide at the scene, said the governor.
The IHA news agency reported that the attacker carried out the shooting at Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in the Hasan Celebi neighborhood. Initial reports indicate that at least 13 students were injured in the incident.
The 19-year-old assailant shot himself with the same weapon after opening random fire in the schoolyard and inside the building.
Health and police teams were dispatched to the scene.