Important development in the Şanlıurfa school attack! 16 suspects detained.

Important development in the Şanlıurfa school attack! 16 suspects detained.

16.04.2026 07:14

The General Directorate of Security (EGM) announced that 16 suspects have been detained in the investigation into the armed attack on Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek district of Şanlıurfa.

Investigations continue into the school attacks in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, which shocked all of Turkey 48 hours apart. The General Directorate of Security (EGM) made a statement regarding the investigation into the armed attack at Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek district of Şanlıurfa.

16 SUSPECTS DETAINED IN SİVEREK ATTACK

In the statement made from EGM's NSosyal account, the following was recorded:

"Within the scope of the work carried out regarding the armed attack incident that occurred at Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Siverek district of Şanlıurfa province on April 14, 16 suspects have been detained. Procedures against the suspects are ongoing."

WHAT HAPPENED?

In Siverek, 19-year-old former student Ömer Ket, who entered Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School and opened fire randomly, injured 16 people before ending his own life.

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