MAN SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING EIGHT PEOPLE DETAINED

ANKARA, NOVEMBER 5 /SRNA/ – A suspect has been arrested over the killing of eight people in Turkiye's Afyonkarahisar province, Turkish media reported.

Afyonkarahisar authorities said on X that two of the victims were women who worked at a high school.

The gunman shot dead five people in two cars in the Ihsaniye area and three more at another location.

The motive and circumstances of the killings are not yet known, Germany's DPA news agency reported.

Police first found the suspect's vehicle, which contained a shotgun and ammunition. Shortly afterward, authorities in neighboring Eskisehir province announced that the suspect had been arrested.