Suspected armed people in front of the school in Fatih, attack on the school in Turgutlu
Quick Look
- Citizens reported seeing two suspects with shotguns in front of Mimar Sinan Vocational Technical Anatolian High School in Fatih.
- The children hid the gun under the minibus and ran away.
- The police found the gun and caught the suspect.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
The incidents of suspicious armed people being seen in front of a school in Fatih and a student attacking a school with a shotgun in Turgutlu raised concerns in the field of security and education.
The incident took place in the evening in front of Mimar Sinan Vocational Technical Anatolian High School in Fatih District.
According to the information obtained, citizens who saw 2 suspects with a pump-action shotgun walking around the school for an unknown reason reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Upon notice, many police teams were dispatched to the scene.
Noticing the police, the children hid the shotgun in their hands under a minibus parked in the Fatih Closed Marketplace near the school and fled the scene.
The teams came to the region and started an investigation to find the gun and the children. At the end of the investigation, the shotgun was found hidden behind the left front wheel of the parked minibus.
After extensive security measures were taken in the region, crime scene investigation teams carried out the work.
THE SUSPECTS WERE CAUGHT IN A SHORT TIME
An investigation has been launched to capture the 2 suspects involved in the incident. Based on the statements of eyewitnesses, a person was caught as a suspect at the scene. Upon investigation, it was understood that the captured child was not one of the suspects involved in the incident.
Later, the teams examined the camera records in the area and took statements from eyewitnesses and expanded their search efforts to find the suspects. The identities of the 2 suspects, who were identified in a short time, were R.E.Ç. and E.A. It was determined that they were.
Following the work carried out, 2 suspects were caught in Osman Yozgatlı District.
It was determined that the suspects who were caught and detained were 17 years old, and the investigation into the incident continues.
ATTACK ON SCHOOL IN TURGUTLU
The number of detentions increased to 9 regarding the incident in which 11 students were injured, 3 of them seriously, as a result of H.O. (15) opening fire with a shotgun on the street where the students went to school, near the high school in Turgutlu district of Manisa.
While the Ministry of National Education appointed 3 inspectors regarding the incident, education at the school was suspended for 1 day, and the Ministry of Justice announced that 2 public prosecutors were assigned to the incident.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The investigation into the suspects in Fatih will be completed and a lawsuit will be filed.
Likely · Within weeks
After the Turgutlu school attack, school security measures will be increased.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- Where did the suspects in Fatih get the gun?
- Where did the student in Turgutlu get the hunting rifle and what is the intention?
- Is there a connection between the events?
- Do the suspects have any previous criminal records?
