Authorities captured the suspect in Eskişehir after the November 5 shootings, which also left 1 person seriously injured. Police had closed roads to the affected villages during the search.
Authorities in Turkey arrested a suspect in Eskişehir province after a manhunt for the person suspected of shootings in Afyonkarahisar province. The Eskişehir Governorate said provincial gendarmerie and police teams captured the suspect alive.
In its November 5 account, BBC cited Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency as saying 3 people were killed near Ayazini and 3 near Kıyır. In Yukarıtandır, 2 women found injured later died in hospital. Local reports said victims were found at several locations in 3 separate vehicles.
Police closed roads leading to the villages as officers searched for the suspect, local media said. The newspaper Milliyet said a vehicle allegedly taken by the attacker was found stuck in mud and that the suspect had abandoned it and fled on foot.
Afyonkarahisar’s provincial education director, İsmail Altınkaynak, confirmed that 2 teachers at İhsaniye Yukarıtandır Middle School were among those killed. He offered condolences to their families and the education community.
The Afyonkarahisar Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said it had opened an investigation and assigned 1 deputy chief prosecutor and 3 prosecutors. The suspect’s identity had not been announced, and inquiries into the motive and the victims’ identities were continuing.
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